Threads

import asyncio

def compute_pi(digits):
# implementation
return 3.14 async def main(loop):
digits = await loop.run_in_executor(None, compute_pi, 20000)
print("pi: %s" % digits) loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main(loop))
loop.close() # AbstractEventLoop.run_in_executor(executor, func, *args)
# Executor (pool of threads or pool of processes)

Subprocess

Run a subprocess and read its output

import asyncio

async def run_command(*args):
# Create subprocess
process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
*args,
# stdout must a pipe to be accessible as process.stdout
stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE)
# Wait for the subprocess to finish
stdout, stderr = await process.communicate()
# Return stdout
return stdout.decode().strip() loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
# Gather uname and date commands
commands = asyncio.gather(run_command('uname'), run_command('date'))
# Run the commands
uname, date = loop.run_until_complete(commands)
# Print a report
print('uname: {}, date: {}'.format(uname, date))
loop.close()

Communicate with a subprocess using standard streams

import asyncio

async def echo(msg):
# Run an echo subprocess
process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
'cat',
# stdin must a pipe to be accessible as process.stdin
stdin=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
# stdout must a pipe to be accessible as process.stdout
stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE) # Write message
print('Writing {!r} ...'.format(msg))
process.stdin.write(msg.encode() + b'\n') # Read reply
data = await process.stdout.readline()
reply = data.decode().strip()
print('Received {!r}'.format(reply)) # Stop the subprocess
process.terminate()
code = await process.wait()
print('Terminated with code {}'.format(code)) loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(echo('hello!'))
loop.close()
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