import asyncio from signal import SIGINT, signal import uvloop from sanic import Sanic, response from sanic.server import AsyncioServer app = Sanic("Example") @app.before_server_start async def before_server_start(app, loop): print("Async Server starting") @app.after_server_start async def after_server_start(app, loop): print("Async Server started") @app.before_server_stop async def before_server_stop(app, loop): print("Async Server stopping") @app.after_server_stop async def after_server_stop(app, loop): print("Async Server stopped") @app.route("/") async def test(request): return response.json({"answer": "42"}) if __name__ == "__main__": asyncio.set_event_loop(uvloop.new_event_loop()) serv_coro = app.create_server(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000, return_asyncio_server=True) loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() serv_task = asyncio.ensure_future(serv_coro, loop=loop) signal(SIGINT, lambda s, f: loop.stop()) server: AsyncioServer = loop.run_until_complete(serv_task) loop.run_until_complete(server.startup()) # When using app.run(), this actually triggers before the serv_coro. # But, in this example, we are using the convenience method, even if it is # out of order. loop.run_until_complete(server.before_start()) loop.run_until_complete(server.after_start()) try: loop.run_forever() except KeyboardInterrupt: loop.stop() finally: loop.run_until_complete(server.before_stop()) # Wait for server to close close_task = server.close() loop.run_until_complete(close_task) # Complete all tasks on the loop for connection in server.connections: connection.close_if_idle() loop.run_until_complete(server.after_stop())