AIOHTTP
Aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for Python, built upon the `asyncio` event loop. It enables developers to build high-performance, non-blocking web applications and client-side HTTP requests, efficiently handling concurrent network I/O.
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2014
- Category
- web_framework
- Problem solved
- Aiohttp was created to address the challenge of efficiently handling high-concurrency network I/O in Python for web servers and clients. Traditional Python web frameworks and servers, built on the WSGI standard, often used blocking I/O and process/thread-per-request models, which became inefficient for real-time applications or services requiring many simultaneous, long-lived connections. Aiohttp leveraged Python's `asyncio` to provide a native, Pythonic, and high-performance solution for asynchronous HTTP and WebSockets.
- Platforms
- macOS, Any platform supporting Python 3.7+, Windows, Linux
Related technologies
Notable users
- Startups building high-load APIs
- Tech companies leveraging Python for microservices
- Companies requiring custom, high-performance asynchronous networking