""" To run this example you need additional aiopg package """ import os import asyncio import uvloop import aiopg from sanic import Sanic from sanic.response import json asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy()) database_name = os.environ['DATABASE_NAME'] database_host = os.environ['DATABASE_HOST'] database_user = os.environ['DATABASE_USER'] database_password = os.environ['DATABASE_PASSWORD'] connection = 'postgres://{0}:{1}@{2}/{3}'.format(database_user, database_password, database_host, database_name) loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() async def get_pool(): return await aiopg.create_pool(connection) app = Sanic(name=__name__) pool = loop.run_until_complete(get_pool()) async def prepare_db(): """ Let's create some table and add some data """ async with pool.acquire() as conn: async with conn.cursor() as cur: await cur.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS sanic_polls') await cur.execute("""CREATE TABLE sanic_polls ( id serial primary key, question varchar(50), pub_date timestamp );""") for i in range(0, 100): await cur.execute("""INSERT INTO sanic_polls (id, question, pub_date) VALUES ({}, {}, now()) """.format(i, i)) @app.route("/") async def handle(request): async with pool.acquire() as conn: async with conn.cursor() as cur: result = [] await cur.execute("SELECT question, pub_date FROM sanic_polls") async for row in cur: result.append({"question": row[0], "pub_date": row[1]}) return json({"polls": result}) if __name__ == '__main__': loop.run_until_complete(prepare_db()) app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8000, loop=loop)