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<a href="https://www.starlette.io/"><img width="320" height="192" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/encode/starlette/master/docs/starlette.png" alt='starlette'></a>
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<em>✨ The little ASGI framework that shines. ✨</em>
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<a href="https://travis-ci.org/encode/starlette">
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<img src="https://travis-ci.org/encode/starlette.svg?branch=master" alt="Build Status">
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</a>
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<a href="https://codecov.io/gh/encode/starlette">
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<img src="https://codecov.io/gh/encode/starlette/branch/master/graph/badge.svg" alt="Coverage">
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</a>
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<a href="https://pypi.org/project/starlette/">
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<img src="https://badge.fury.io/py/starlette.svg" alt="Package version">
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</a>
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---
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**Documentation**: [https://www.starlette.io/](https://www.starlette.io/)
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---
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Starlette is a lightweight [ASGI](https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) framework/toolkit,
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which is ideal for building high performance asyncio services.
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It is production-ready, and gives you the following:
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* Seriously impressive performance.
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* WebSocket support.
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* GraphQL support.
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* In-process background tasks.
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* Startup and shutdown events.
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* Test client built on `requests`.
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* CORS, GZip, Static Files, Streaming responses.
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* 100% test coverage.
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* 100% type annotated codebase.
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* Zero hard dependencies.
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## Requirements
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Python 3.6+
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## Installation
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```shell
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$ pip3 install starlette
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```
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You'll also want to install an ASGI server, such as [uvicorn](http://www.uvicorn.org/), [daphne](https://github.com/django/daphne/), or [hypercorn](https://pgjones.gitlab.io/hypercorn/).
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```shell
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$ pip3 install uvicorn
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```
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## Example
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```python
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from starlette.applications import Starlette
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from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
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import uvicorn
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app = Starlette()
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@app.route('/')
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async def homepage(request):
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return JSONResponse({'hello': 'world'})
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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uvicorn.run(app, host='0.0.0.0', port=8000)
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```
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## Dependencies
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Starlette does not have any hard dependencies, but the following are optional:
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* `requests` - Required if you want to use the `TestClient`.
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* `aiofiles` - Required if you want to use `FileResponse` or `StaticFiles`.
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* `python-multipart` - Required if you want to support form parsing, with `request.form()`.
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* `graphene` - Required for GraphQL support.
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* `ujson` - Required if you want to use `UJSONResponse`.
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You can install all of these with `pip3 install starlette[full]`.
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## Framework or Toolkit
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Starlette is designed to be used either as a complete framework, or as
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an ASGI toolkit. You can use any of its components independently.
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```python
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from starlette.responses import PlainTextResponse
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class App:
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def __init__(self, scope):
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self.scope = scope
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async def __call__(self, receive, send):
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response = PlainTextResponse('Hello, world!')
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await response(receive, send)
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```
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Run the `App` application in `example.py`:
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```shell
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$ uvicorn example:App
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INFO: Started server process [11509]
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INFO: Uvicorn running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
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```
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## Modularity
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The modularity that Starlette is designed on promotes building re-usable
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components that can be shared between any ASGI framework. This should enable
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an ecosystem of shared middleware and mountable applications.
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The clean API separation also means it's easier to understand each component
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in isolation.
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## Performance
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Independent TechEmpower benchmarks show Starlette applications running under Uvicorn
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as [one of the fastest Python frameworks available](https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=test&runid=14a815b6-93c1-4207-96bb-3960c29719e2&hw=ph&test=fortune&l=zijw1r-1&d=e3). *(\*)*
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For high throughput loads you should:
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* Make sure to install `ujson` and use `UJSONResponse`.
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* Run using `uvicorn`, with access logging disabled.
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Several of the ASGI servers also have pure Python implementations available,
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so you can also run under `PyPy` if your application code has parts that are
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CPU constrained.
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Eg. `uvicorn.run(..., http='h11', loop='asyncio')`
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*(\*) TechEmpower [continuous benchmarking results](https://tfb-status.techempower.com/), from 13th Sept 2018. Filtered to JavaScript, Python, and Ruby frameworks backed by Postgres, for comparision against similar candidates. To be updated to Round 17 once available.*
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<p align="center">— ⭐️ —</p>
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<p align="center"><i>Starlette is <a href="https://github.com/tomchristie/starlette/blob/master/LICENSE.md">BSD licensed</a> code. Designed & built in Brighton, England.</i></p>
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