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Python Web Development with Sanic

You're reading from   Python Web Development with Sanic An in-depth guide for Python web developers to improve the speed and scalability of web applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801814416
Length 504 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Stephen Sadowski Stephen Sadowski
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Getting Started with Sanic
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Sanic and Async Frameworks FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Organizing a Project 4. Part 2:Hands-On Sanic
5. Chapter 3: Routing and Intaking HTTP Requests 6. Chapter 4: Ingesting HTTP Data 7. Chapter 5: Building Response Handlers 8. Chapter 6: Operating Outside the Response Handler 9. Chapter 7: Dealing with Security Concerns 10. Chapter 8: Running a Sanic Server 11. Part 3:Putting It All together
12. Chapter 9: Best Practices to Improve Your Web Applications 13. Chapter 10: Implementing Common Use Cases with Sanic 14. Chapter 11: A Complete Real-World Example 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 6: Operating Outside the Response Handler

The basic building block of application development within Sanic is the response handler, which is sometimes known as a route handler. Those terms can be used interchangeably and mean the same thing. It is the function that Sanic runs when a request has been routed to your application to be handled and responded to. This is where business logic and HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) logic combine to allow the developer to dictate how responses should be delivered back to the client. It is the obvious place to start when learning how to build with Sanic.

However, response handlers alone do not provide enough power to create a polished application experience. To build out an application that is polished and professional, we must break outside the handler to see which other tools Sanic has to offer. It is time to think about the HTTP request/response cycle as not being confined to a single function. We will broaden our scope so that...

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