What is this?
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework and toolkit for building async web services in Python - small, production-ready, and with few hard dependencies.
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework and toolkit for building async web services in Python - small, production-ready, and with few hard dependencies.Is it a full framework, or a toolkit I can pick pieces from?Both. You can use it as a complete framework or as an ASGI toolkit, and any of its components can be used on its own.
Both. You can use it as a complete framework or as an ASGI toolkit, and any of its components can be used on its own.How do I get a basic app running?Install Starlette with pip, serve your app with an ASGI server such as uvicorn (e.g. uvicorn example:app), and pass --reload to auto-reload on code changes while developing.
Install Starlette with pip, serve your app with an ASGI server such as uvicorn (e.g. uvicorn example:app), and pass --reload to auto-reload on code changes while developing.What does it pull in?Only anyio is required; httpx, jinja2, python-multipart, itsdangerous, pyyaml and opentelemetry-api are optional extras. Install everything with pip install starlette[full].
Only anyio is required; httpx, jinja2, python-multipart, itsdangerous, pyyaml and opentelemetry-api are optional extras. Install everything with pip install starlette[full].Is it actually production-ready, or a minimal toy?It is production-ready: 100% test coverage, a fully type-annotated codebase, few hard dependencies and great overall performance in independent benchmarks.
It is production-ready: 100% test coverage, a fully type-annotated codebase, few hard dependencies and great overall performance in independent benchmarks.What comes out of the box?WebSocket support, in-process background tasks, startup and shutdown events, a test client, CORS, GZip, static files, streaming responses, plus session and cookie support.
WebSocket support, in-process background tasks, startup and shutdown events, a test client, CORS, GZip, static files, streaming responses, plus session and cookie support.Does it work with asyncio, or can I use trio?Both - Starlette is compatible with asyncio and trio backends, so you can keep whichever async stack you already use.
Both - Starlette is compatible with asyncio and trio backends, so you can keep whichever async stack you already use.How fast is it?The README cites great overall performance against independent benchmarks, which fits its lightweight, low-dependency design.
The README cites great overall performance against independent benchmarks, which fits its lightweight, low-dependency design.Can I share its middleware and components with other ASGI frameworks?Yes - its modularity promotes reusable components shared between any ASGI framework, and the clean API separation makes each part easy to understand in isolation.
Yes - its modularity promotes reusable components shared between any ASGI framework, and the clean API separation makes each part easy to understand in isolation.Which topics is it in?asgi, websockets, middleware, toolkit, python-library, async, web-framework, http, bsd, testing, benchmark, backend
asgi, websockets, middleware, toolkit, python-library, async, web-framework, http, bsd, testing, benchmark, backend