Removed default task pool

src/labthings/find.py

@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 from flask import current_app, url_for
 import weakref
 
+from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy
+
 from .names import EXTENSION_NAME
 
 __all__ = [
     "current_app",
     "url_for",
     "current_labthing",
+    "current_thing",
     "registered_extensions",
     "registered_components",
     "find_component",
@@ -23,11 +26,10 @@ def current_labthing(app=None):
     # We use _get_current_object so that Task threads can still
     # reach the Flask app object. Just using current_app returns
     # a wrapper, which breaks it's use in Task threads
-    if not app:
-        try:
-            app = current_app._get_current_object()  # skipcq: PYL-W0212
-        except RuntimeError:
-            return None
+    try:
+        app = current_app._get_current_object()  # skipcq: PYL-W0212
+    except RuntimeError:
+        return None
     ext = app.extensions.get(EXTENSION_NAME, None)
     if isinstance(ext, weakref.ref):
         return ext()
@@ -107,3 +109,6 @@ def find_extension(extension_name, labthing_instance=None):
         return labthing_instance.extensions[extension_name]
     else:
         return None
+
+
+current_thing = LocalProxy(current_labthing)

src/labthings/labthing.py

@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 from .httperrorhandler import SerializedExceptionHandler
 from .logging import LabThingLogger
 from .json.encoder import LabThingsJSONEncoder
+from .representations import DEFAULT_REPRESENTATIONS
 from .apispec import MarshmallowPlugin, rule_to_apispec_path
 from .td import ThingDescription
 from .sockets import Sockets
 from .event import Event
 
-from .tasks import Pool, change_default_pool
+from .tasks import Pool
 
 from .view.builder import property_of, action_from
 
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ def __init__(
         self.extensions = {}
 
         self.actions = Pool()  # Pool of greenlets for Actions
-        change_default_pool(self.actions)
 
         self.events = {}
 
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.log_handler = LabThingLogger()
         logging.getLogger().addHandler(self.log_handler)
 
+        # Representation formatter map
+        self.representations = DEFAULT_REPRESENTATIONS
+
         # API Spec
         self.spec = APISpec(
             title=self.title,

src/labthings/representations.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from flask import make_response, current_app
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from .json.encoder import LabThingsJSONEncoder, encode_json
 from .utilities import PY3
@@ -24,6 +25,4 @@ def output_json(data, code, headers=None):
     return resp
 
 
-DEFAULT_REPRESENTATIONS = [
-    ("application/json", output_json),
-]
+DEFAULT_REPRESENTATIONS = OrderedDict({"application/json": output_json,})

src/labthings/tasks/__init__.py

@@ -1,31 +1,19 @@
 __all__ = [
     "Pool",
-    "taskify",
-    "tasks",
-    "to_dict",
-    "states",
     "current_task",
     "update_task_progress",
-    "cleanup",
-    "discard_id",
     "update_task_data",
-    "default_pool",
-    "change_default_pool",
+    "TaskKillException",
     "ThreadTerminationError",
 ]
 
 from .pool import (
     Pool,
-    tasks,
-    to_dict,
-    states,
     current_task,
     update_task_progress,
-    cleanup,
-    discard_id,
     update_task_data,
-    taskify,
-    default_pool,
-    change_default_pool,
 )
-from .thread import ThreadTerminationError
+from .thread import TaskKillException
+
+# Legacy alias
+ThreadTerminationError = TaskKillException

src/labthings/tasks/pool.py

@@ -112,43 +112,3 @@ def update_task_data(data: dict):
         current_task().update_data(data)
     else:
         logging.info("Cannot update task data of __main__ thread. Skipping.")
-
-
-# Main "taskify" functions
-
-
-def taskify(f):
-    """
-    A decorator that wraps the passed in function
-    and surpresses exceptions should one occur
-    """
-    global default_pool
-
-    @wraps(f)
-    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
-        task = default_pool.spawn(
-            f, *args, **kwargs
-        )  # Append to parent object's task list
-        return task
-
-    return wrapped
-
-
-# Create our default, protected, module-level task pool
-default_pool = Pool()
-
-tasks = default_pool.tasks
-to_dict = default_pool.to_dict
-states = default_pool.states
-cleanup = default_pool.cleanup
-discard_id = default_pool.discard_id
-
-
-def change_default_pool(new_default_pool: Pool):
-    global default_pool, tasks, to_dict, states, cleanup, discard_id
-    default_pool = new_default_pool
-    tasks = new_default_pool.tasks
-    to_dict = new_default_pool.to_dict
-    states = new_default_pool.states
-    cleanup = new_default_pool.cleanup
-    discard_id = new_default_pool.discard_id

src/labthings/tasks/thread.py

@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
 _LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class ThreadTerminationError(SystemExit):
-    """Sibling of SystemExit, but specific to thread termination."""
-
-
 class TaskKillException(Exception):
     """Sibling of SystemExit, but specific to thread termination."""
 

src/labthings/view/__init__.py

@@ -3,17 +3,15 @@
 from werkzeug.wrappers import Response as ResponseBase
 from werkzeug.exceptions import BadRequest
 
-from collections import OrderedDict
-
 from .args import use_args
 from .marshalling import marshal_with
 
 from ..utilities import unpack, get_docstring, get_summary, merge
 from ..representations import DEFAULT_REPRESENTATIONS
-from ..find import current_labthing
+from ..find import current_labthing, current_thing
 from ..event import PropertyStatusEvent
 from ..schema import Schema, ActionSchema, build_action_schema
-from ..tasks import default_pool
+from ..tasks import Pool
 from ..deque import Deque, resize_deque
 from ..json.schemas import schema_to_json
 from .. import fields
@@ -46,8 +44,9 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         MethodView.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
         # Set the default representations
-        # TODO: Inherit from parent LabThing. See original flask_restful implementation
-        self.representations = OrderedDict(DEFAULT_REPRESENTATIONS)
+        self.representations = (
+            current_thing.representations if current_thing else DEFAULT_REPRESENTATIONS
+        )
 
     @classmethod
     def get_apispec(cls):
@@ -152,6 +151,7 @@ class ActionView(View):
     # Internal
     _cls_tags = {"actions"}
     _deque = Deque()  # Action queue
+    _emergency_pool = Pool()
 
     def get(self):
         queue_schema = build_action_schema(self.schema, self.args)(many=True)
@@ -247,8 +247,9 @@ def dispatch_request(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.schema:
             meth = marshal_with(self.schema)(meth)
 
+        # Try to find a pool on the current LabThing, but fall back to Views emergency pool
+        pool = current_thing.actions if current_thing else self._emergency_pool
         # Make a task out of the views `post` method
-        pool = current_labthing().actions if current_labthing else default_pool
         task = pool.spawn(meth, *args, **kwargs)
 
         # Keep a copy of the raw, unmarshalled JSON input in the task
@@ -380,8 +381,8 @@ def dispatch_request(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 self, "__name__", "unknown"
             )
 
-            if current_labthing():
-                current_labthing().message(
+            if current_thing:
+                current_thing.message(
                     PropertyStatusEvent(property_name), property_value,
                 )
 

tests/conftest.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from apispec.ext.marshmallow import MarshmallowPlugin
 from labthings.server.labthing import LabThing
 from labthings.server.view import View
+from labthings.tasks import Pool
 
 from werkzeug.test import EnvironBuilder
 from flask.testing import FlaskClient
@@ -309,3 +310,12 @@ def _foo(*args, **kwargs):
         return FakeWebsocket(*args, **kwargs)
 
     return _foo
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def task_pool():
+    """
+    Return a task pool
+    """
+
+    return Pool()

tests/test_default_views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from labthings import tasks
+from labthings.find import current_labthing
 
 import gevent
 
@@ -18,56 +18,55 @@ def test_extensions(thing_client):
         assert c.get("/extensions").json == []
 
 
-def test_tasks_list(thing_client):
+def test_actions_list(thing_client):
     def task_func():
         pass
 
-    task_obj = tasks.taskify(task_func)()
+    task_obj = current_labthing().actions.spawn(task_func)
 
     with thing_client as c:
-        response = c.get("/tasks").json
+        response = c.get("/actions").json
         ids = [task.get("id") for task in response]
         assert str(task_obj.id) in ids
 
 
-def test_task_representation(thing_client):
+def test_action_representation(thing_client):
     def task_func():
         pass
 
-    task_obj = tasks.taskify(task_func)()
+    task_obj = current_labthing().actions.spawn(task_func)
     task_id = str(task_obj.id)
 
     with thing_client as c:
-        response = c.get(f"/tasks/{task_id}").json
+        response = c.get(f"/actions/{task_id}").json
         assert response
 
 
-def test_task_representation_missing(thing_client):
+def test_action_representation_missing(thing_client):
     with thing_client as c:
-        assert c.get("/tasks/missing_id").status_code == 404
+        assert c.get("/actions/missing_id").status_code == 404
 
 
-def test_task_kill(thing_client):
+def test_action_kill(thing_client):
     def task_func():
         while True:
             gevent.sleep(0)
 
-    task_obj = tasks.taskify(task_func)()
+    task_obj = current_labthing().actions.spawn(task_func)
     task_id = str(task_obj.id)
 
     # Wait for task to start
     task_obj.started_event.wait()
-    assert task_id in tasks.to_dict()
+    assert task_id in current_labthing().actions.to_dict()
 
     # Send a DELETE request to terminate the task
     with thing_client as c:
-        response = c.delete(f"/tasks/{task_id}")
-        print(response.json)
+        response = c.delete(f"/actions/{task_id}")
         assert response.status_code == 200
     # Test task was terminated
     assert task_obj._status == "terminated"
 
 
-def test_task_kill_missing(thing_client):
+def test_action_kill_missing(thing_client):
     with thing_client as c:
-        assert c.delete("/tasks/missing_id").status_code == 404
+        assert c.delete("/actions/missing_id").status_code == 404