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Subprocess<a class="headerlink" href="#subprocess" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.6/Lib/asyncio/subprocess.py">Lib/asyncio/subprocess.py</a></p> <div class="section" id="windows-event-loop"> <h2>18.5.6.1. Windows event loop<a class="headerlink" href="#windows-event-loop" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>On Windows, the default event loop is <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloops.html#asyncio.SelectorEventLoop" title="asyncio.SelectorEventLoop"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SelectorEventLoop</span></code></a> which does not support subprocesses. <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloops.html#asyncio.ProactorEventLoop" title="asyncio.ProactorEventLoop"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ProactorEventLoop</span></code></a> should be used instead. Example to use it on Windows:</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nn">sys</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">platform</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">'win32'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ProactorEventLoop</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_event_loop</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <p class="last"><a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloops.html#asyncio-event-loops"><span class="std std-ref">Available event loops</span></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloops.html#asyncio-platform-support"><span class="std std-ref">Platform support</span></a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="create-a-subprocess-high-level-api-using-process"> <h2>18.5.6.2. Create a subprocess: high-level API using Process<a class="headerlink" href="#create-a-subprocess-high-level-api-using-process" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="function"> <dt id="asyncio.create_subprocess_exec"> <em class="property">coroutine </em><code class="descclassname">asyncio.</code><code class="descname">create_subprocess_exec</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>stdin=None</em>, <em>stdout=None</em>, <em>stderr=None</em>, <em>loop=None</em>, <em>limit=None</em>, <em>**kwds</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_exec" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Create a subprocess.</p> <p>The <em>limit</em> parameter sets the buffer limit passed to the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-stream.html#asyncio.StreamReader" title="asyncio.StreamReader"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamReader</span></code></a>. See <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> for other parameters.</p> <p>Return a <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Process</span></code></a> instance.</p> <p>This function is a <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#coroutine"><span class="std std-ref">coroutine</span></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="asyncio.create_subprocess_shell"> <em class="property">coroutine </em><code class="descclassname">asyncio.</code><code class="descname">create_subprocess_shell</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>cmd</em>, <em>stdin=None</em>, <em>stdout=None</em>, <em>stderr=None</em>, <em>loop=None</em>, <em>limit=None</em>, <em>**kwds</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_shell" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Run the shell command <em>cmd</em>.</p> <p>The <em>limit</em> parameter sets the buffer limit passed to the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-stream.html#asyncio.StreamReader" title="asyncio.StreamReader"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamReader</span></code></a>. See <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_shell" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_shell"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_shell()</span></code></a> for other parameters.</p> <p>Return a <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Process</span></code></a> instance.</p> <p>It is the application’s responsibility to ensure that all whitespace and metacharacters are quoted appropriately to avoid <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_injection#Shell_injection">shell injection</a> vulnerabilities. The <a class="reference internal" href="shlex.html#shlex.quote" title="shlex.quote"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shlex.quote()</span></code></a> function can be used to properly escape whitespace and shell metacharacters in strings that are going to be used to construct shell commands.</p> <p>This function is a <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#coroutine"><span class="std std-ref">coroutine</span></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <p>Use the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_write_pipe" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_write_pipe"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AbstractEventLoop.connect_write_pipe()</span></code></a> methods to connect pipes.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="create-a-subprocess-low-level-api-using-subprocess-popen"> <h2>18.5.6.3. Create a subprocess: low-level API using subprocess.Popen<a class="headerlink" href="#create-a-subprocess-low-level-api-using-subprocess-popen" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Run subprocesses asynchronously using the <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#module-subprocess" title="subprocess: Subprocess management."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess</span></code></a> module.</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec"> <em class="property">coroutine </em><code class="descclassname">AbstractEventLoop.</code><code class="descname">subprocess_exec</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>protocol_factory</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>stdin=subprocess.PIPE</em>, <em>stdout=subprocess.PIPE</em>, <em>stderr=subprocess.PIPE</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Create a subprocess from one or more string arguments (character strings or bytes strings encoded to the <a class="reference internal" href="os.html#filesystem-encoding"><span class="std std-ref">filesystem encoding</span></a>), where the first string specifies the program to execute, and the remaining strings specify the program’s arguments. (Thus, together the string arguments form the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.argv</span></code> value of the program, assuming it is a Python script.) This is similar to the standard library <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.Popen</span></code></a> class called with shell=False and the list of strings passed as the first argument; however, where <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Popen</span></code></a> takes a single argument which is list of strings, <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> takes multiple string arguments.</p> <p>The <em>protocol_factory</em> must instantiate a subclass of the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-protocol.html#asyncio.SubprocessProtocol" title="asyncio.SubprocessProtocol"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.SubprocessProtocol</span></code></a> class.</p> <p>Other parameters:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><em>stdin</em>: Either a file-like object representing the pipe to be connected to the subprocess’s standard input stream using <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_write_pipe" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_write_pipe"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">connect_write_pipe()</span></code></a>, or the constant <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.PIPE" title="subprocess.PIPE"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.PIPE</span></code></a> (the default). By default a new pipe will be created and connected.</li> <li><em>stdout</em>: Either a file-like object representing the pipe to be connected to the subprocess’s standard output stream using <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">connect_read_pipe()</span></code></a>, or the constant <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.PIPE" title="subprocess.PIPE"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.PIPE</span></code></a> (the default). By default a new pipe will be created and connected.</li> <li><em>stderr</em>: Either a file-like object representing the pipe to be connected to the subprocess’s standard error stream using <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">connect_read_pipe()</span></code></a>, or one of the constants <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.PIPE" title="subprocess.PIPE"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.PIPE</span></code></a> (the default) or <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.STDOUT" title="subprocess.STDOUT"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.STDOUT</span></code></a>. By default a new pipe will be created and connected. When <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.STDOUT" title="subprocess.STDOUT"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.STDOUT</span></code></a> is specified, the subprocess’s standard error stream will be connected to the same pipe as the standard output stream.</li> <li>All other keyword arguments are passed to <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.Popen</span></code></a> without interpretation, except for <em>bufsize</em>, <em>universal_newlines</em> and <em>shell</em>, which should not be specified at all.</li> </ul> <p>Returns a pair of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(transport,</span> <span class="pre">protocol)</span></code>, where <em>transport</em> is an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-protocol.html#asyncio.BaseSubprocessTransport" title="asyncio.BaseSubprocessTransport"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BaseSubprocessTransport</span></code></a>.</p> <p>This method is a <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#coroutine"><span class="std std-ref">coroutine</span></a>.</p> <p>See the constructor of the <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.Popen</span></code></a> class for parameters.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_shell"> <em class="property">coroutine </em><code class="descclassname">AbstractEventLoop.</code><code class="descname">subprocess_shell</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>protocol_factory</em>, <em>cmd</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>stdin=subprocess.PIPE</em>, <em>stdout=subprocess.PIPE</em>, <em>stderr=subprocess.PIPE</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_shell" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Create a subprocess from <em>cmd</em>, which is a character string or a bytes string encoded to the <a class="reference internal" href="os.html#filesystem-encoding"><span class="std std-ref">filesystem encoding</span></a>, using the platform’s “shell” syntax. This is similar to the standard library <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.Popen</span></code></a> class called with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shell=True</span></code>.</p> <p>The <em>protocol_factory</em> must instantiate a subclass of the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-protocol.html#asyncio.SubprocessProtocol" title="asyncio.SubprocessProtocol"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.SubprocessProtocol</span></code></a> class.</p> <p>See <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> for more details about the remaining arguments.</p> <p>Returns a pair of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(transport,</span> <span class="pre">protocol)</span></code>, where <em>transport</em> is an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-protocol.html#asyncio.BaseSubprocessTransport" title="asyncio.BaseSubprocessTransport"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BaseSubprocessTransport</span></code></a>.</p> <p>It is the application’s responsibility to ensure that all whitespace and metacharacters are quoted appropriately to avoid <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_injection#Shell_injection">shell injection</a> vulnerabilities. The <a class="reference internal" href="shlex.html#shlex.quote" title="shlex.quote"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shlex.quote()</span></code></a> function can be used to properly escape whitespace and shell metacharacters in strings that are going to be used to construct shell commands.</p> <p>This method is a <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#coroutine"><span class="std std-ref">coroutine</span></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <p class="last">The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AbstractEventLoop.connect_read_pipe()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_write_pipe" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.connect_write_pipe"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AbstractEventLoop.connect_write_pipe()</span></code></a> methods.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="constants"> <h2>18.5.6.4. Constants<a class="headerlink" href="#constants" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="data"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.PIPE"> <code class="descclassname">asyncio.subprocess.</code><code class="descname">PIPE</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.PIPE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Special value that can be used as the <em>stdin</em>, <em>stdout</em> or <em>stderr</em> argument to <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_shell" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_shell"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_shell()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> and indicates that a pipe to the standard stream should be opened.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="data"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.STDOUT"> <code class="descclassname">asyncio.subprocess.</code><code class="descname">STDOUT</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.STDOUT" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Special value that can be used as the <em>stderr</em> argument to <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_shell" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_shell"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_shell()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> and indicates that standard error should go into the same handle as standard output.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="data"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL"> <code class="descclassname">asyncio.subprocess.</code><code class="descname">DEVNULL</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Special value that can be used as the <em>stdin</em>, <em>stdout</em> or <em>stderr</em> argument to <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_shell" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_shell"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_shell()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> and indicates that the special file <a class="reference internal" href="os.html#os.devnull" title="os.devnull"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.devnull</span></code></a> will be used.</p> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="process"> <h2>18.5.6.5. Process<a class="headerlink" href="#process" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">asyncio.subprocess.</code><code class="descname">Process</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A subprocess created by the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> or the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_shell" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_shell"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_shell()</span></code></a> function.</p> <p>The API of the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Process</span></code></a> class was designed to be close to the API of the <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.Popen</span></code></a> class, but there are some differences:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>There is no explicit <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen.poll" title="subprocess.Popen.poll"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poll()</span></code></a> method</li> <li>The <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen.communicate" title="subprocess.Popen.communicate"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">communicate()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen.wait" title="subprocess.Popen.wait"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wait()</span></code></a> methods don’t take a <em>timeout</em> parameter: use the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#asyncio.wait_for" title="asyncio.wait_for"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wait_for()</span></code></a> function</li> <li>The <em>universal_newlines</em> parameter is not supported (only bytes strings are supported)</li> <li>The <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.wait" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.wait"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wait()</span></code></a> method of the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Process</span></code></a> class is asynchronous whereas the <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen.wait" title="subprocess.Popen.wait"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wait()</span></code></a> method of the <a class="reference internal" href="subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Popen</span></code></a> class is implemented as a busy loop.</li> </ul> <p>This class is <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-dev.html#asyncio-multithreading"><span class="std std-ref">not thread safe</span></a>. See also the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio-subprocess-threads"><span class="std std-ref">Subprocess and threads</span></a> section.</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.wait"> <em class="property">coroutine </em><code class="descname">wait</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.wait" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Wait for child process to terminate. Set and return <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.returncode" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.returncode"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">returncode</span></code></a> attribute.</p> <p>This method is a <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#coroutine"><span class="std std-ref">coroutine</span></a>.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">This will deadlock when using <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stdout=PIPE</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stderr=PIPE</span></code> and the child process generates enough output to a pipe such that it blocks waiting for the OS pipe buffer to accept more data. Use the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.communicate" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.communicate"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">communicate()</span></code></a> method when using pipes to avoid that.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.communicate"> <em class="property">coroutine </em><code class="descname">communicate</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>input=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.communicate" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Interact with process: Send data to stdin. Read data from stdout and stderr, until end-of-file is reached. Wait for process to terminate. The optional <em>input</em> argument should be data to be sent to the child process, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, if no data should be sent to the child. The type of <em>input</em> must be bytes.</p> <p><a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.communicate" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.communicate"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">communicate()</span></code></a> returns a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(stdout_data,</span> <span class="pre">stderr_data)</span></code>.</p> <p>If a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BrokenPipeError" title="BrokenPipeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BrokenPipeError</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ConnectionResetError" title="ConnectionResetError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ConnectionResetError</span></code></a> exception is raised when writing <em>input</em> into stdin, the exception is ignored. It occurs when the process exits before all data are written into stdin.</p> <p>Note that if you want to send data to the process’s stdin, you need to create the Process object with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stdin=PIPE</span></code>. Similarly, to get anything other than <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> in the result tuple, you need to give <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stdout=PIPE</span></code> and/or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stderr=PIPE</span></code> too.</p> <p>This method is a <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-task.html#coroutine"><span class="std std-ref">coroutine</span></a>.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">The data read is buffered in memory, so do not use this method if the data size is large or unlimited.</p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.4.2: </span>The method now ignores <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BrokenPipeError" title="BrokenPipeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BrokenPipeError</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ConnectionResetError" title="ConnectionResetError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ConnectionResetError</span></code></a>.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.send_signal"> <code class="descname">send_signal</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>signal</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.send_signal" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Sends the signal <em>signal</em> to the child process.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">On Windows, <code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SIGTERM</span></code> is an alias for <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.terminate" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.terminate"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">terminate()</span></code></a>. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CTRL_C_EVENT</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CTRL_BREAK_EVENT</span></code> can be sent to processes started with a <em>creationflags</em> parameter which includes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP</span></code>.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.terminate"> <code class="descname">terminate</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.terminate" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Stop the child. On Posix OSs the method sends <code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">signal.SIGTERM</span></code> to the child. On Windows the Win32 API function <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TerminateProcess()</span></code> is called to stop the child.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.kill"> <code class="descname">kill</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.kill" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Kills the child. On Posix OSs the function sends <code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SIGKILL</span></code> to the child. On Windows <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.kill" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.kill"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">kill()</span></code></a> is an alias for <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.terminate" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.terminate"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">terminate()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stdin"> <code class="descname">stdin</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stdin" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Standard input stream (<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-stream.html#asyncio.StreamWriter" title="asyncio.StreamWriter"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamWriter</span></code></a>), <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if the process was created with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stdin=None</span></code>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stdout"> <code class="descname">stdout</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stdout" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Standard output stream (<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-stream.html#asyncio.StreamReader" title="asyncio.StreamReader"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamReader</span></code></a>), <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if the process was created with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stdout=None</span></code>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stderr"> <code class="descname">stderr</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stderr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Standard error stream (<a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-stream.html#asyncio.StreamReader" title="asyncio.StreamReader"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamReader</span></code></a>), <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if the process was created with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stderr=None</span></code>.</p> </dd></dl> <div class="admonition warning"> <p class="first admonition-title">Warning</p> <p class="last">Use the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.communicate" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.communicate"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">communicate()</span></code></a> method rather than <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stdin" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stdin"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.stdin.write</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stdout" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stdout"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.stdout.read</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stderr" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.stderr"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.stderr.read</span></code></a> to avoid deadlocks due to streams pausing reading or writing and blocking the child process.</p> </div> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.pid"> <code class="descname">pid</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.pid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The identifier of the process.</p> <p>Note that for processes created by the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_shell" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_shell"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_shell()</span></code></a> function, this attribute is the process identifier of the spawned shell.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.returncode"> <code class="descname">returncode</code><a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process.returncode" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return code of the process when it exited. A <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> value indicates that the process has not terminated yet.</p> <p>A negative value <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-N</span></code> indicates that the child was terminated by signal <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">N</span></code> (Unix only).</p> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="subprocess-and-threads"> <span id="asyncio-subprocess-threads"></span><h2>18.5.6.6. Subprocess and threads<a class="headerlink" href="#subprocess-and-threads" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>asyncio supports running subprocesses from different threads, but there are limits:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>An event loop must run in the main thread</li> <li>The child watcher must be instantiated in the main thread, before executing subprocesses from other threads. Call the <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_child_watcher()</span></code> function in the main thread to instantiate the child watcher.</li> </ul> <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.subprocess.Process</span></code></a> class is not thread safe.</p> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <p class="last">The <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-dev.html#asyncio-multithreading"><span class="std std-ref">Concurrency and multithreading in asyncio</span></a> section.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="subprocess-examples"> <h2>18.5.6.7. Subprocess examples<a class="headerlink" href="#subprocess-examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <div class="section" id="subprocess-using-transport-and-protocol"> <h3>18.5.6.7.1. Subprocess using transport and protocol<a class="headerlink" href="#subprocess-using-transport-and-protocol" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>Example of a subprocess protocol using to get the output of a subprocess and to wait for the subprocess exit. The subprocess is created by the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AbstractEventLoop.subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> method:</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">DateProtocol</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">SubprocessProtocol</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">exit_future</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exit_future</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">exit_future</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">output</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">bytearray</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">pipe_data_received</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fd</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">output</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">extend</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">process_exited</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exit_future</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_result</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_date</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">code</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'import datetime; print(datetime.datetime.now())'</span> <span class="n">exit_future</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Future</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Create the subprocess controlled by the protocol DateProtocol,</span> <span class="c1"># redirect the standard output into a pipe</span> <span class="n">create</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subprocess_exec</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">lambda</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">DateProtocol</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">exit_future</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">executable</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'-c'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">stdin</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">stderr</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">transport</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">protocol</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">create</span> <span class="c1"># Wait for the subprocess exit using the process_exited() method</span> <span class="c1"># of the protocol</span> <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">exit_future</span> <span class="c1"># Close the stdout pipe</span> <span class="n">transport</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1"># Read the output which was collected by the pipe_data_received()</span> <span class="c1"># method of the protocol</span> <span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">bytes</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">protocol</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">output</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">decode</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ascii'</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rstrip</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">platform</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s2">"win32"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ProactorEventLoop</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_event_loop</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_event_loop</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">date</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run_until_complete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">get_date</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Current date: </span><span class="si">%s</span><span class="s2">"</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">date</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="subprocess-using-streams"> <h3>18.5.6.7.2. Subprocess using streams<a class="headerlink" href="#subprocess-using-streams" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>Example using the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process" title="asyncio.asyncio.subprocess.Process"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Process</span></code></a> class to control the subprocess and the <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio-stream.html#asyncio.StreamReader" title="asyncio.StreamReader"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamReader</span></code></a> class to read from the standard output. The subprocess is created by the <a class="reference internal" href="#asyncio.create_subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_subprocess_exec()</span></code></a> function:</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio.subprocess</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span> <span class="nd">@asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">coroutine</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_date</span><span class="p">():</span> <span class="n">code</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'import datetime; print(datetime.datetime.now())'</span> <span class="c1"># Create the subprocess, redirect the standard output into a pipe</span> <span class="n">create</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_subprocess_exec</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">executable</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'-c'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">stdout</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subprocess</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">PIPE</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">proc</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">create</span> <span class="c1"># Read one line of output</span> <span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">proc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">readline</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">decode</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ascii'</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rstrip</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1"># Wait for the subprocess exit</span> <span class="k">yield from</span> <span class="n">proc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">wait</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">platform</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s2">"win32"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ProactorEventLoop</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_event_loop</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_event_loop</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">date</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run_until_complete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">get_date</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Current date: </span><span class="si">%s</span><span class="s2">"</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">date</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">18.5.6. Subprocess</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#windows-event-loop">18.5.6.1. Windows event loop</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#create-a-subprocess-high-level-api-using-process">18.5.6.2. Create a subprocess: high-level API using Process</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#create-a-subprocess-low-level-api-using-subprocess-popen">18.5.6.3. Create a subprocess: low-level API using subprocess.Popen</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#constants">18.5.6.4. Constants</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#process">18.5.6.5. Process</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#subprocess-and-threads">18.5.6.6. Subprocess and threads</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#subprocess-examples">18.5.6.7. Subprocess examples</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#subprocess-using-transport-and-protocol">18.5.6.7.1. 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