example-code-2e/21-async/mojifinder

Mojifinder: Unicode character search examples

Examples from Fluent Python, Second Edition—Chapter 22, Asynchronous Programming.

How to run web_mojifinder.py

web_mojifinder.py is a Web application built with FastAPI. To run it, first install FastAPI and an ASGI server. The application was tested with Uvicorn.

$ pip install fastapi uvicorn

Now you can use uvicorn to run the app.

$ uvicorn web_mojifinder:app

Finally, visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ with your browser to see the search form.

Directory contents

These files can be run as scripts directly from the command line:

• charindex.py: libray used by the Mojifinder examples. Also works as CLI search script.
• tcp_mojifinder.py: TCP/IP Unicode search server. Depends only on the Python 3.9 standard library. Use a telnet application as client.
• web_mojifinder_bottle.py: Unicode Web service. Depends on bottle.py and static/form.html. Use an HTTP browser as client.

This program requires an ASGI server to run it:

• web_mojifinder.py: Unicode Web service. Depends on FastAPI and static/form.html.

Support files:

• bottle.py: local copy of the single-file Bottle Web framework.
• requirements.txt: list of dependencies for web_mojifinder.py.
• static/form.html: HTML form used by the web_* examples.
• README.md: this file 🤓