Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: asynctkinter
Version: 0.3.1
Summary: async library for tkinter
Home-page: https://github.com/gottadiveintopython/asynctkinter
License: MIT
Keywords: async,tkinter
Author: Nattōsai Mitō
Author-email: flow4re2c@gmail.com
Requires-Python: >=3.8.1,<4.0.0
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
Requires-Dist: asyncgui (>=0.6,<0.7)
Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/gottadiveintopython/asynctkinter
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown

# AsyncTkinter

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`asynctkinter` is an async library that saves you from ugly callback-style code,
like most of async libraries do.
Let's say you want to do:

1. `print('A')`
1. wait for 1sec
1. `print('B')`
1. wait for a label to be pressed
1. `print('C')`

in that order.
Your code would look like this:

```python
def what_you_want_to_do(label):
    bind_id = None
    print('A')

    def one_sec_later(__):
        nonlocal bind_id
        print('B')
        bind_id = label.bind('<Button>', on_press, '+')
    label.after(1000, one_sec_later)

    def on_press(event):
        label.unbind('<Button>', bind_id)
        print('C')

what_you_want_to_do(...)
```

It's not easy to understand.
If you use `asynctkinter`, the code above will become:

```python
import asynctkinter as at

async def what_you_want_to_do(label):
    print('A')
    await at.sleep(label.after, 1000)
    print('B')
    await at.event(label, '<Button>')
    print('C')

at.start(what_you_want_to_do(...))
```

## Installation

Pin the minor version.

```text
poetry add asynctkinter@~0.3
pip install "asynctkinter>=0.3,<0.4"
```

## Usage

```python
from functools import partial
import tkinter as tk
import asynctkinter as at


def main():
    at.install()
    root = tk.Tk()
    at.start(async_main(root))
    root.mainloop()


async def async_main(root):
    sleep = partial(at.sleep, root.after)
    label = tk.Label(root, text='Hello', font=('', 80))
    label.pack()

    # wait for 2sec
    await sleep(2000)

    # wait for a label to be pressed
    event = await at.event(label, '<Button>')
    print(f"pos: {event.x}, {event.y}")

    # wait until EITHER a label is pressed OR 5sec passes.
    # i.e. wait at most 5 seconds for a label to be pressed.
    tasks = await at.wait_any(
        at.event(label, '<Button>'),
        sleep(5000),
    )
    if tasks[0].finished:
        event = tasks[0].result
        print(f"The label was pressed. (pos: {event.x}, {event.y})")
    else:
        print("5sec passed")

    # wait until a label is pressed AND 5sec passes.
    tasks = await at.wait_all(
        at.event(label, '<Button>'),
        sleep(5000),
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
```

### threading

`asynctkinter` doesn't have any I/O primitives unlike Trio and asyncio do,
thus threads may be the best way to perform them without blocking the main thread:

```python
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecuter
import asynctkinter as at

executer = ThreadPoolExecuter()

async def async_fn(widget):
    # create a new thread, run a function inside it, then
    # wait for the completion of that thread
    r = await at.run_in_thread(thread_blocking_operation, after=widget.after)
    print("return value:", r)

    # run a function inside a ThreadPoolExecuter, and wait for its completion.
    # (ProcessPoolExecuter is not supported)
    r = await at.run_in_executer(executer, thread_blocking_operation, after=widget.after)
    print("return value:", r)
```

Exceptions(not BaseExceptions) are propagated to the caller,
so you can catch them like you do in synchronous code:

```python
import requests
import asynctkinter as at

async def async_fn(widget):
    try:
        r = await at.run_in_thread(lambda: requests.get('htt...', timeout=10), after=widget.after)
    except requests.Timeout:
        print("TIMEOUT!")
    else:
        print('RECEIVED:', r)
```


## Note

- You may want to read the [asyncgui's documentation](https://gottadiveintopython.github.io/asyncgui/) as it is the foundation of this library.
- I'm not even a tkinter user so there may be plenty of weird code in the repository.

