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diff --git a/docs/pages/advanced_topics/asyncio.rst b/docs/pages/advanced_topics/asyncio.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a692630 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/pages/advanced_topics/asyncio.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +.. _asyncio: + +Running on top of the `asyncio` event loop +========================================== + +.. note:: + + New in prompt_toolkit 3.0. (In prompt_toolkit 2.0 this was possible using a + work-around). + +Prompt_toolkit 3.0 uses asyncio natively. Calling ``Application.run()`` will +automatically run the asyncio event loop. + +If however you want to run a prompt_toolkit ``Application`` within an asyncio +environment, you have to call the ``run_async`` method, like this: + +.. code:: python + + from prompt_toolkit.application import Application + + async def main(): + # Define application. + application = Application( + ... + ) + + result = await application.run_async() + print(result) + + asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(main()) |