Python concurrent REST API

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I am new to Python, so maybe this is a easy question, but I am planning to do an REST API application but I need it to be very fast and allow concurrent queries. Is there a way to do a application Python that allows concurrent execution and each execution responds to an REST API?

I don't know if threads are a way to go in this case? I know threading is not the same as concurrency, but maybe are a solution for this case.

There are plenty of frameworks for doing REST APIs. All of which will allow concurrent requests. Django or flask are two of the most popular. — Paul Rooney
– Paul Rooney, Commented Jul 6, 2015 at 11:30
I saw the frameworks in github.com/vinta/awesome-python#restful-api but I didn't know if they allowed concurrent requests or you must do the concurrent part yourself. Thanks, I guess that answers it :) — Khriz
– Khriz, Commented Jul 6, 2015 at 11:35

bruno desthuilliers · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-06 12:03:06Z

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If you use a WSGI compliant framework (or even just plain WSGI as the "framework") then concurrency is handled by the wsgi "container" (apache + mod_wsgi, nginx+gunicorn, whatever) either as threads, processes or a mix of both. All you have to do is write your code so it does support concurrency (ie : no mutable global state etc).

answered Jul 6, 2015 at 12:03

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