Real asynchronous file operations with asyncio support.
Development - Stable
- Since version 2.0.0 using caio, which contains linux
libaioand two thread-based implementations (c-based and pure-python). - AIOFile has no internal pointer. You should pass
offsetandchunk_sizefor each operation or use helpers (Reader or Writer). The simples way is to useasync_openfor creating object with file-like interface. - For Linux using implementation based on libaio.
- For POSIX (MacOS X and optional Linux) using implementation based on threadpool.
- Otherwise using pure-python thread-based implementation.
- Implementation chooses automatically depending on system compatibility.
- Linux native AIO implementation is not able to open special files.
Asynchronous operations against special fs like
/proc//sys/are not supported by the kernel. It's not a aiofile`s or `caio issue. In this cases, you might switch to thread-based implementations (see troubleshooting section). However, when used on supported file systems, the linux implementation has a smaller overhead and is preferred but it's not a silver bullet.
All code examples requires python 3.6+.
Helper mimics python file-like objects, it returns file-like objects with similar but async methods.
Supported methods:
async def read(length = -1)- reading chunk from file, when length is-1, will be reading file to the end.async def write(data)- writing chunk to filedef seek(offset)- setting file pointer positiondef tell()- returns current file pointer positionasync def readline(size=-1, newline="\n")- read chunks until newline or EOF. Since version 3.7.0__aiter__returnsLineReader.This method is suboptimal for small lines because it doesn't reuse read buffer. When you want to read file by lines please avoid using
async_openuseLineReaderinstead.def __aiter__() -> LineReader- iterator over lines.def iter_chunked(chunk_size: int = 32768) -> Reader- iterator over chunks..fileproperty contains AIOFile object
Basic example:
import asyncio
from pathlib import Path
from tempfile import gettempdir
from aiofile import async_open
tmp_filename = Path(gettempdir()) / "hello.txt"
async def main():
async with async_open(tmp_filename, 'w+') as afp:
await afp.write("Hello ")
await afp.write("world")
afp.seek(0)
print(await afp.read())
await afp.write("Hello from\nasync world")
print(await afp.readline())
print(await afp.readline())
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main())Example without context manager:
import asyncio
import atexit
import os
from tempfile import mktemp
from aiofile import async_open
TMP_NAME = mktemp()
atexit.register(os.unlink, TMP_NAME)
async def main():
afp = await async_open(TMP_NAME, "w")
await afp.write("Hello")
await afp.close()
asyncio.run(main())
assert open(TMP_NAME, "r").read() == "Hello"Concatenate example program (cat):
import asyncio
import sys
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from pathlib import Path
from aiofile import async_open
parser = ArgumentParser(
description="Read files line by line using asynchronous io API"
)
parser.add_argument("file_name", nargs="+", type=Path)
async def main(arguments):
for src in arguments.file_name:
async with async_open(src, "r") as afp:
async for line in afp:
sys.stdout.write(line)
asyncio.run(main(parser.parse_args()))Copy file example program (cp):
import asyncio
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from pathlib import Path
from aiofile import async_open
parser = ArgumentParser(
description="Copying files using asynchronous io API"
)
parser.add_argument("source", type=Path)
parser.add_argument("dest", type=Path)
parser.add_argument("--chunk-size", type=int, default=65535)
async def main(arguments):
async with async_open(arguments.source, "rb") as src, \
async_open(arguments.dest, "wb") as dest:
async for chunk in src.iter_chunked(arguments.chunk_size):
await dest.write(chunk)
asyncio.run(main(parser.parse_args()))Example with opening already open file pointer:
import asyncio
from typing import IO, Any
from aiofile import async_open
async def main(fp: IO[Any]):
async with async_open(fp) as afp:
await afp.write("Hello from\nasync world")
print(await afp.readline())
with open("test.txt", "w+") as fp:
asyncio.run(main(fp))Linux native aio doesn't support reading and writing special files (e.g. procfs/sysfs/unix pipes/etc.), so you can perform operations with these files using compatible context objects.
import asyncio
from aiofile import async_open
from caio import thread_aio_asyncio
from contextlib import AsyncExitStack
async def main():
async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
# Custom context should be reused
ctx = await stack.enter_async_context(
thread_aio_asyncio.AsyncioContext()
)
# Open special file with custom context
src = await stack.enter_async_context(
async_open("/proc/cpuinfo", "r", context=ctx)
)
# Open regular file with default context
dest = await stack.enter_async_context(
async_open("/tmp/cpuinfo", "w")
)
# Copying file content line by line
async for line in src:
await dest.write(line)
asyncio.run(main())The AIOFile class is a low-level interface for asynchronous file operations, and the read and write methods accept an offset=0 in bytes at which the operation will be performed.
This allows you to do many independent IO operations on an once open file without moving the virtual carriage.
For example, you may make 10 concurrent HTTP requests by specifying the Range header, and asynchronously write one opened file, while the offsets must either be calculated manually, or use 10 instances of Writer with specified initial offsets.
In order to provide sequential reading and writing, there is Writer, Reader and LineReader. Keep in mind async_open is not the same as AIOFile, it provides a similar interface for file operations, it simulates methods like read or write as it is implemented in the built-in open.
import asyncio
from aiofile import AIOFile
async def main():
async with AIOFile("hello.txt", 'w+') as afp:
payload = "Hello world\n"
await asyncio.gather(
*[afp.write(payload, offset=i * len(payload)) for i in range(10)]
)
await afp.fsync()
assert await afp.read(len(payload) * 10) == payload * 10
asyncio.run(main())The Low-level API in fact is just little bit sugared caio API.
import asyncio
from aiofile import AIOFile
async def main():
async with AIOFile("/tmp/hello.txt", 'w+') as afp:
await afp.write("Hello ")
await afp.write("world", offset=7)
await afp.fsync()
print(await afp.read())
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main())When you want to read or write file linearly following example might be helpful.
import asyncio
from aiofile import AIOFile, Reader, Writer
async def main():
async with AIOFile("/tmp/hello.txt", 'w+') as afp:
writer = Writer(afp)
reader = Reader(afp, chunk_size=8)
await writer("Hello")
await writer(" ")
await writer("World")
await afp.fsync()
async for chunk in reader:
print(chunk)
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main())LineReader is a helper that is very effective when you want to read a file linearly and line by line.
It contains a buffer and will read the fragments of the file chunk by chunk into the buffer, where it will try to find lines.
The default chunk size is 4KB.
import asyncio
from aiofile import AIOFile, LineReader, Writer
async def main():
async with AIOFile("/tmp/hello.txt", 'w+') as afp:
writer = Writer(afp)
await writer("Hello")
await writer(" ")
await writer("World")
await writer("\n")
await writer("\n")
await writer("From async world")
await afp.fsync()
async for line in LineReader(afp):
print(line)
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main())When you want to read file by lines please avoid to use async_open
use LineReader instead.
Useful examples with aiofile
import asyncio
import io
from csv import DictReader
from aiofile import AIOFile, LineReader
class AsyncDictReader:
def __init__(self, afp, **kwargs):
self.buffer = io.BytesIO()
self.file_reader = LineReader(
afp, line_sep=kwargs.pop('line_sep', '\n'),
chunk_size=kwargs.pop('chunk_size', 4096),
offset=kwargs.pop('offset', 0),
)
self.reader = DictReader(
io.TextIOWrapper(
self.buffer,
encoding=kwargs.pop('encoding', 'utf-8'),
errors=kwargs.pop('errors', 'replace'),
), **kwargs,
)
self.line_num = 0
def __aiter__(self):
return self
async def __anext__(self):
if self.line_num == 0:
header = await self.file_reader.readline()
self.buffer.write(header)
line = await self.file_reader.readline()
if not line:
raise StopAsyncIteration
self.buffer.write(line)
self.buffer.seek(0)
try:
result = next(self.reader)
except StopIteration as e:
raise StopAsyncIteration from e
self.buffer.seek(0)
self.buffer.truncate(0)
self.line_num = self.reader.line_num
return result
async def main():
async with AIOFile('sample.csv', 'rb') as afp:
async for item in AsyncDictReader(afp):
print(item)
asyncio.run(main())The caio linux implementation works normal for modern linux kernel versions
and file systems. So you may have problems specific for your environment.
It's not a bug and might be resolved some ways:
- Upgrade the kernel
- Use compatible file systems
- Use threads based or pure python implementation.
The caio since version 0.7.0 contains some ways to do this.
1. In runtime use the environment variable CAIO_IMPL with
possible values:
linux- use native linux kernels aio mechanismthread- use thread based implementation written in Cpython- use pure python implementation
2. File default_implementation located near __init__.py in caio
installation path. It's useful for distros package maintainers. This file
might contains comments (lines starts with # symbol) and the first line
should be one of linux thread or python.
- You might manually manage contexts:
import asyncio
from aiofile import async_open
from caio import linux_aio_asyncio, thread_aio_asyncio
async def main():
linux_ctx = linux_aio_asyncio.AsyncioContext()
threads_ctx = thread_aio_asyncio.AsyncioContext()
async with async_open("/tmp/test.txt", "w", context=linux_ctx) as afp:
await afp.write("Hello")
async with async_open("/tmp/test.txt", "r", context=threads_ctx) as afp:
print(await afp.read())
asyncio.run(main())
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