v0.1.2, Add async support based on asynchttp

- Attempt to use the asynchttp module in place of httplib2.
- Add async kwarg to Request and Session run() methods.
- Remove unneeded imports from version specific session modules.
- Update docs with changelog.
- Bump to version 0.1.2

README.md

@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ See also the Python documentation for session.Session and requests.Read and [Fac
 - Write support for v3, when available
 - Multiple search filters (search filters currently replace one another)
 
+## Changelog
+
+- v0.1.2 - Add async option to Request.run() to permit delaying the processing of the HTTP response.
+           If the asynchttp module is installed, this will cause the initial call to run(async=True)
+		   to immediately return a get_response function, allowing you to defer the blocking 
+		   call until the results are needed. 
+
 [factual_docs]: http://developer.factual.com/display/docs/Factual+Developer+APIs+Version+3
 [factual_requests_KEY]: http://developer.factual.com/display/docs/Core+API+-+Oauth#CoreAPI-Oauth-KeysandSecrets
 [factual_signup]: https://www.factual.com/api-keys/request

factual/common/requests.py

@@ -16,8 +16,23 @@ def __init__(self, session, table):
 		self.session = session
 		# instantiate the table class if we're passed a type rather than an instance (or a string)
 		self.table = table() if isinstance(table, type) else table
-	def run(self):
-		return self.session.run(self)
+	def run(self, async=False):
+		'''
+		Perform the Factual API HTTP request. 
+
+		By default, process and return the API response wrapped in a
+		FactualResponse object. 
+
+		Pass `async = True` to perform the request asynchronously; in 
+		async mode, `run` returns a function, get_response, that will 
+		process and return the response when called. 
+		
+		Additionally, if the asynchttp module is available and async is
+		True, the initial HTTP request will not block, and get_response
+		will be returned immediately.  get_response function will block 
+		when called if the HTTP requst is not yet complete. 
+		'''
+		return self.session.run(self, async)
 	def make_response(self, *args, **kwargs):
 		response = self.response_type(*args, **kwargs)
 		return response

factual/common/session.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import logging
-import httplib2
+try:
+	import asynchttp as http
+except ImportError:
+	import httplib2 as http
+
 try:
 	import simplejson as json
 except ImportError:
@@ -39,17 +43,35 @@ def get_url(self, request):
 			}
 	def get_headers(self, request, defaults={}):
 		return {}.update(defaults)
-	def run(self, request):
+	def run(self, request, async=False):
 		url = self.get_url(request)
 		headers = self.get_headers(request)
 
 		logging.debug(url)
 		logging.debug(headers)
 
-		h = httplib2.Http()
+		h = http.Http()
 		http_response, http_body = h.request(url, headers=headers)
-		# todo: timing and other metrics
-		meta = {}
-		response = request.make_response(json.loads(http_body), meta=meta)
-		return response
+
+		def get_response():
+			'''
+			Process and return the HTTP response from Factual.
+
+			Performs the post-request processing needed to handle a Factual 
+			response. Broken into a separate function so the post processing
+			can be deferred, e.g. for use with asynchttp in place of
+			httplib2. 
+
+			When the asynchttp module is installed, this call will block
+			if the HTTP request to Factual is not yet complete. 
+			'''
+			# todo: timing and other metrics
+			meta = {}
+			response = request.make_response(json.loads(str(http_body)), meta=meta)
+			return response
+
+		if async:
+			return get_response
+		else:
+			return get_response()
 

factual/v2/session.py

@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 import logging
-import httplib2
-try:
-	import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-	import json
 
 import requests
 import tables

factual/v3/session.py

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 import logging
-try:
-	import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-	import json
 
-import httplib2
 import oauth2
 
 import requests

setup.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name="factual",
-	version="0.1.1",
+	version="0.1.2",
 	description="",
 	author="Christopher H. Casebeer",
 	author_email="",