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Dependency Injector - Python dependency injection framework
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*Dependency Injector* is a Python dependency injection framework. It was
designed to be unified, developer-friendly tool that helps to implement
dependency injection pattern in formal, pretty, Pythonic way.
*Dependency Injector* framework key features are:
+ Easy, smart, pythonic style.
+ Obvious, clear structure.
+ Extensibility and flexibility.
+ Memory efficiency.
+ Thread safety.
+ Documentation.
+ Semantic versioning.
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Dependency injection
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`Dependency injection`_ is a software design pattern that implements
`Inversion of control`_ for resolving dependencies. Formally, if object **A**
depends on object **B**, object **A** must not create or import object **B**,
but provide a way for injecting object **B** (object **B** could be injected
into object **A** in several ways: by passing it as ``__init__`` argument, by
setting it as attribute's value or by passing it as method's argument).
Dependency injection pattern has few strict rules that should be followed:
+ Object **A** (the client) delegates to external code (the dependency
injector) the responsibility of providing its dependencies - object **B**
(the service).
+ The client doesn't know how to create the service, it knows only interface
of service. The service doesn't know that it is used by the client.
+ The dependency injector knows how to create the client and the service, it
also knows that the client depends on the service, and knows how to inject
the service into the client.
+ The client and the service know nothing about the dependency injector.
Dependency injection pattern provides next advantages:
+ Control on application structure.
+ Decreased coupling between application components.
+ Increased code reusability.
+ Increased testability.
+ Increased maintainability.
+ Reconfiguration of system without rebuilding.
Example of dependency injection
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Brief example below demonstrates usage of *Dependency Injector* for creating
several IoC containers for some microservice system:
.. code-block:: python
"""Example of dependency injection in Python."""
import logging
import sqlite3
import boto.s3.connection
import example.main
import example.services
import dependency_injector.containers as containers
import dependency_injector.providers as providers
class Platform(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
"""IoC container of platform service providers."""
logger = providers.Singleton(logging.Logger, name='example')
database = providers.Singleton(sqlite3.connect, ':memory:')
s3 = providers.Singleton(boto.s3.connection.S3Connection,
aws_access_key_id='KEY',
aws_secret_access_key='SECRET')
class Services(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
"""IoC container of business service providers."""
users = providers.Factory(example.services.Users,
logger=Platform.logger,
db=Platform.database)
auth = providers.Factory(example.services.Auth,
logger=Platform.logger,
db=Platform.database,
token_ttl=3600)
photos = providers.Factory(example.services.Photos,
logger=Platform.logger,
db=Platform.database,
s3=Platform.s3)
class Application(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
"""IoC container of application component providers."""
main = providers.Callable(example.main.main,
users_service=Services.users,
auth_service=Services.auth,
photos_service=Services.photos)
Next example demonstrates run of dependency injection example application
defined above:
.. code-block:: python
"""Run dependency injection example application.
Instructions for running:
python run.py 1 secret photo.jpg
"""
import sys
import logging
from containers import Platform, Application
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Configure platform logger:
Platform.logger().addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout))
# Run application:
Application.main(uid=sys.argv[1],
password=sys.argv[2],
photo=sys.argv[3])
# Previous call is an equivalent of next operations:
#
# logger = logging.Logger(name='example')
# database = sqlite3.connect(':memory:')
# s3 = boto.s3.connection.S3Connection(aws_access_key_id='KEY',
# aws_secret_access_key='SECRET')
#
# example.main.main(uid=sys.argv[1],
# password=sys.argv[2],
# photo=sys.argv[3],
# users_service=example.services.Users(logger=logger,
# db=database),
# auth_service=example.services.Auth(logger=logger,
# db=database,
# token_ttl=3600),
# photos_service=example.services.Photos(logger=logger,
# db=database,
# s3=s3))
#
# Output:
#
# User 1 has been found in database
# User 1 has been successfully authenticated
# Photo photo.jpg has been successfully uploaded by user 1
Alternative definition styles of providers
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*Dependecy Injector* supports few other styles of dependency injections
definition.
IoC containers from previous example could look like these:
.. code-block:: python
class Platform(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
"""IoC container of platform service providers."""
logger = providers.Singleton(logging.Logger) \
.add_kwargs(name='example')
database = providers.Singleton(sqlite3.connect) \
.add_args(':memory:')
s3 = providers.Singleton(boto.s3.connection.S3Connection) \
.add_kwargs(aws_access_key_id='KEY',
aws_secret_access_key='SECRET')
or like this these:
.. code-block:: python
class Platform(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
"""IoC container of platform service providers."""
logger = providers.Singleton(logging.Logger)
logger.add_kwargs(name='example')
database = providers.Singleton(sqlite3.connect)
database.add_args(':memory:')
s3 = providers.Singleton(boto.s3.connection.S3Connection)
s3.add_kwargs(aws_access_key_id='KEY',
aws_secret_access_key='SECRET')
You can get more *Dependency Injector* examples in ``/examples`` directory on
GitHub:
https://github.com/ets-labs/python-dependency-injector
Installation
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*Dependency Injector* library is available on `PyPi`_::
pip install dependency_injector
Documentation
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*Dependency Injector* documentation is hosted on ReadTheDocs:
- `User's guide`_
- `API docs`_
Feedback & Support
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Feel free to post questions, bugs, feature requests, proposals etc. on
*Dependency Injector* GitHub Issues:
https://github.com/ets-labs/python-dependency-injector/issues
Your feedback is quite important!
.. _Dependency injection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_injection
.. _Inversion of control: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_of_control
.. _PyPi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dependency_injector
.. _User's guide: http://python-dependency-injector.ets-labs.org/en/stable/
.. _API docs: http://python-dependency-injector.ets-labs.org/en/stable/api/