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queuelib

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Queuelib is a Python library that implements object collections which are stored
in memory or persisted to disk, provide a simple API, and run fast.

Queuelib provides collections for queues_ (FIFO), stacks_ (LIFO), queues
sorted by priority and queues that are emptied in a round-robin_ fashion.

.. note:: Queuelib collections are not thread-safe.

Queuelib supports Python 3.9+ and has no dependencies.

.. queues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFO(computing_and_electronics)
.. _round-robin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-robin_scheduling
.. stacks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack(abstract_data_type)

Installation

You can install Queuelib either via the Python Package Index (PyPI) or from
source.

To install using pip::

$ pip install queuelib

To install using easy_install::

$ easy_install queuelib

If you have downloaded a source tarball you can install it by running the
following (as root)::

# python setup.py install

FIFO/LIFO disk queues

Queuelib provides FIFO and LIFO queue implementations.

Here is an example usage of the FIFO queue::

>>> from queuelib import FifoDiskQueue
>>> q = FifoDiskQueue("queuefile")
>>> q.push(b'a')
>>> q.push(b'b')
>>> q.push(b'c')
>>> q.pop()
b'a'
>>> q.close()
>>> q = FifoDiskQueue("queuefile")
>>> q.pop()
b'b'
>>> q.pop()
b'c'
>>> q.pop()
>>>

The LIFO queue is identical (API-wise), but importing LifoDiskQueue
instead.

PriorityQueue

A discrete-priority queue implemented by combining multiple FIFO/LIFO queues
(one per priority).

First, select the type of queue to be used per priority (FIFO or LIFO)::

>>> from queuelib import FifoDiskQueue
>>> qfactory = lambda priority: FifoDiskQueue('queue-dir-%s' % priority)

Then instantiate the Priority Queue with it::

>>> from queuelib import PriorityQueue
>>> pq = PriorityQueue(qfactory)

And use it::

>>> pq.push(b'a', 3)
>>> pq.push(b'b', 1)
>>> pq.push(b'c', 2)
>>> pq.push(b'd', 2)
>>> pq.pop()
b'b'
>>> pq.pop()
b'c'
>>> pq.pop()
b'd'
>>> pq.pop()
b'a'

RoundRobinQueue

Has nearly the same interface and implementation as a Priority Queue except
that each element must be pushed with a (mandatory) key. Popping from the
queue cycles through the keys "round robin".

Instantiate the Round Robin Queue similarly to the Priority Queue::

>>> from queuelib import RoundRobinQueue
>>> rr = RoundRobinQueue(qfactory)

And use it::

>>> rr.push(b'a', '1')
>>> rr.push(b'b', '1')
>>> rr.push(b'c', '2')
>>> rr.push(b'd', '2')
>>> rr.pop()
b'a'
>>> rr.pop()
b'c'
>>> rr.pop()
b'b'
>>> rr.pop()
b'd'

Mailing list

Use the scrapy-users_ mailing list for questions about Queuelib.

Bug tracker

If you have any suggestions, bug reports or annoyances please report them to
our issue tracker at: http://github.com/scrapy/queuelib/issues/

Contributing

Development of Queuelib happens at GitHub: http://github.com/scrapy/queuelib

You are highly encouraged to participate in the development. If you don't like
GitHub (for some reason) you're welcome to send regular patches.

All changes require tests to be merged.

Tests

Tests are located in queuelib/tests directory. They can be run using
nosetests_ with the following command::

nosetests

The output should be something like the following::

$ nosetests
.............................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 77 tests in 0.145s

OK

License

This software is licensed under the BSD License. See the LICENSE file in the
top distribution directory for the full license text.

Versioning

This software follows Semantic Versioning_

.. _Scrapy framework: http://scrapy.org
.. _scrapy-users: http://groups.google.com/group/scrapy-users
.. _Semantic Versioning: http://semver.org/
.. _nosetests: https://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

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