ovdashboard/api/ovdashboard_api/async_helpers.py

"""
Some useful helpers for working in async contexts.
"""

from asyncio import get_running_loop
from functools import partial, wraps
from typing import Awaitable, Callable, TypeVar

RT = TypeVar("RT")


def run_in_executor(function: Callable[..., RT]) -> Callable[..., Awaitable[RT]]:
    """
    Decorator to make blocking a function call asyncio compatible.
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41063331/how-to-use-asyncio-with-existing-blocking-library/
    https://stackoverflow.com/a/53719009
    """

    @wraps(function)
    async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs) -> RT:
        loop = get_running_loop()
        return await loop.run_in_executor(
            None,
            partial(function, *args, **kwargs),
        )

    return wrapper