Rename long callbacks to background.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 ### Added
 
 - [#2039](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2039) Long callback changes:
-  - Add `long=False` to `dash.callback` to use instead of `app.long_callback`.
-  - Add previous `app.long_callback` arguments to `dash.callback` prefixed with `long_` (`interval`, `running`, `cancel`, `progress`, `progress_default`, `cache_args_to_ignore`, `manager`)
+  - Add `background=False` to `dash.callback` to use instead of `app.long_callback`.
+  - Add previous `app.long_callback` arguments to `dash.callback` (`interval`, `running`, `cancel`, `progress`, `progress_default`, `cache_args_to_ignore`, `manager`)
+
+## Changed
+
+- [#2116](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2116) Rename long callbacks to background callbacks
+  - Deprecated `dash.long_callback.managers.CeleryLongCallbackManager`, use `dash.CeleryManager` instead.
+  - Deprecated `dash.long_callback.managers.DiskcacheLongCallbackManager`, use `dash.DiskcacheManager` instead.
+  - Deprecated dash constructor argument `long_callback_manager` in favor of `background_callback_manager`.
 
 ## [2.5.1] - 2022-06-13
 

dash/__init__.py

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
     get_relative_path,
     strip_relative_path,
 )
+from .long_callback import (  # noqa: F401,E402
+    CeleryBackgroundExecutor,
+    DiskcacheBackgroundExecutor,
+)
 
 
 from ._pages import register_page, PAGE_REGISTRY as page_registry  # noqa: F401,E402
@@ -35,4 +39,5 @@
     page_container,
 )
 
+
 ctx = callback_context

dash/_callback.py

@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ def is_no_update(obj):
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
 def callback(
     *_args,
-    long=False,
-    long_interval=1000,
-    long_progress=None,
-    long_progress_default=None,
-    long_running=None,
-    long_cancel=None,
-    long_manager=None,
-    long_cache_args_to_ignore=None,
+    background=False,
+    interval=1000,
+    progress=None,
+    progress_default=None,
+    running=None,
+    cancel=None,
+    manager=None,
+    cache_args_to_ignore=None,
     **_kwargs,
 ):
     """
@@ -81,35 +81,35 @@ def callback(
     `False` and unlike `app.callback` is not configurable at the app level.
 
     :Keyword Arguments:
-        :param long:
+        :param background:
             Mark the callback as a long callback to execute in a manager for
             callbacks that take a long time without locking up the Dash app
             or timing out.
-        :param long_manager:
-            A long callback manager instance. Currently an instance of one of
-            `DiskcacheLongCallbackManager` or `CeleryLongCallbackManager`.
-            Defaults to the `long_callback_manager` instance provided to the
+        :param manager:
+            A long callback manager instance. Currently, an instance of one of
+            `DiskcacheManager` or `CeleryManager`.
+            Defaults to the `background_callback_manager` instance provided to the
             `dash.Dash constructor`.
-            - A diskcache manager (`DiskcacheLongCallbackManager`) that runs callback
+            - A diskcache manager (`DiskcacheManager`) that runs callback
               logic in a separate process and stores the results to disk using the
               diskcache library. This is the easiest backend to use for local
               development.
-            - A Celery manager (`CeleryLongCallbackManager`) that runs callback logic
+            - A Celery manager (`CeleryManager`) that runs callback logic
               in a celery worker and returns results to the Dash app through a Celery
               broker like RabbitMQ or Redis.
-        :param long_running:
+        :param running:
             A list of 3-element tuples. The first element of each tuple should be
             an `Output` dependency object referencing a property of a component in
             the app layout. The second element is the value that the property
             should be set to while the callback is running, and the third element
             is the value the property should be set to when the callback completes.
-        :param long_cancel:
+        :param cancel:
             A list of `Input` dependency objects that reference a property of a
             component in the app's layout.  When the value of this property changes
             while a callback is running, the callback is canceled.
             Note that the value of the property is not significant, any change in
             value will result in the cancellation of the running job (if any).
-        :param long_progress:
+        :param progress:
             An `Output` dependency grouping that references properties of
             components in the app's layout. When provided, the decorated function
             will be called with an extra argument as the first argument to the
@@ -118,18 +118,18 @@ def callback(
             current progress. This function accepts a single argument, which
             correspond to the grouping of properties specified in the provided
             `Output` dependency grouping
-        :param long_progress_default:
+        :param progress_default:
             A grouping of values that should be assigned to the components
             specified by the `progress` argument when the callback is not in
             progress. If `progress_default` is not provided, all the dependency
             properties specified in `progress` will be set to `None` when the
             callback is not running.
-        :param long_cache_args_to_ignore:
+        :param cache_args_to_ignore:
             Arguments to ignore when caching is enabled. If callback is configured
             with keyword arguments (Input/State provided in a dict),
             this should be a list of argument names as strings. Otherwise,
             this should be a list of argument indices as integers.
-        :param long_interval:
+        :param interval:
             Time to wait between the long callback update requests.
     """
 
@@ -141,32 +141,32 @@ def callback(
     callback_map = _kwargs.pop("callback_map", GLOBAL_CALLBACK_MAP)
     callback_list = _kwargs.pop("callback_list", GLOBAL_CALLBACK_LIST)
 
-    if long:
+    if background:
         long_spec = {
-            "interval": long_interval,
+            "interval": interval,
         }
 
-        if long_manager:
-            long_spec["manager"] = long_manager
+        if manager:
+            long_spec["manager"] = manager
 
-        if long_progress:
-            long_spec["progress"] = coerce_to_list(long_progress)
+        if progress:
+            long_spec["progress"] = coerce_to_list(progress)
             validate_long_inputs(long_spec["progress"])
 
-        if long_progress_default:
-            long_spec["progressDefault"] = coerce_to_list(long_progress_default)
+        if progress_default:
+            long_spec["progressDefault"] = coerce_to_list(progress_default)
 
             if not len(long_spec["progress"]) == len(long_spec["progressDefault"]):
                 raise Exception(
                     "Progress and progress default needs to be of same length"
                 )
 
-        if long_running:
-            long_spec["running"] = coerce_to_list(long_running)
+        if running:
+            long_spec["running"] = coerce_to_list(running)
             validate_long_inputs(x[0] for x in long_spec["running"])
 
-        if long_cancel:
-            cancel_inputs = coerce_to_list(long_cancel)
+        if cancel:
+            cancel_inputs = coerce_to_list(cancel)
             validate_long_inputs(cancel_inputs)
 
             cancels_output = [Output(c.component_id, "id") for c in cancel_inputs]
@@ -176,19 +176,21 @@ def callback(
                 @callback(cancels_output, cancel_inputs, prevent_initial_call=True)
                 def cancel_call(*_):
                     job_ids = flask.request.args.getlist("cancelJob")
-                    manager = long_manager or context_value.get().long_callback_manager
+                    executor = (
+                        manager or context_value.get().background_callback_manager
+                    )
                     if job_ids:
                         for job_id in job_ids:
-                            manager.terminate_job(job_id)
+                            executor.terminate_job(job_id)
                     return NoUpdate()
 
             except DuplicateCallback:
                 pass  # Already a callback to cancel, will get the proper jobs from the store.
 
             long_spec["cancel"] = [c.to_dict() for c in cancel_inputs]
 
-        if long_cache_args_to_ignore:
-            long_spec["cache_args_to_ignore"] = long_cache_args_to_ignore
+        if cache_args_to_ignore:
+            long_spec["cache_args_to_ignore"] = cache_args_to_ignore
 
     return register_callback(
         callback_list,

dash/dash.py

@@ -322,9 +322,12 @@ class Dash:
     want to control the document.title through a separate component or
     clientside callback.
 
-    :param long_callback_manager: Long callback manager instance to support the
-    ``@app.long_callback`` decorator. Currently an instance of one of
-    ``DiskcacheLongCallbackManager`` or ``CeleryLongCallbackManager``
+    :param long_callback_manager: Deprecated, use ``background_callback_manager``
+        instead.
+
+    :param background_callback_manager: Background callback manager instance
+        to support the ``@callback(..., background=True)`` decorator.
+        One of ``DiskcacheManager`` or ``CeleryManager`` currently supported.
     """
 
     def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
@@ -356,6 +359,7 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
         title="Dash",
         update_title="Updating...",
         long_callback_manager=None,
+        background_callback_manager=None,
         **obsolete,
     ):
         _validate.check_obsolete(obsolete)
@@ -484,7 +488,7 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
 
         self._assets_files = []
         self._long_callback_count = 0
-        self._long_callback_manager = long_callback_manager
+        self._background_manager = background_callback_manager or long_callback_manager
 
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(name)
         self.logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout))
@@ -1153,14 +1157,14 @@ def long_callback(
         """
         return _callback.callback(
             *_args,
-            long=True,
-            long_manager=manager,
-            long_interval=interval,
-            long_progress=progress,
-            long_progress_default=progress_default,
-            long_running=running,
-            long_cancel=cancel,
-            long_cache_args_to_ignore=cache_args_to_ignore,
+            background=True,
+            manager=manager,
+            interval=interval,
+            progress=progress,
+            progress_default=progress_default,
+            running=running,
+            cancel=cancel,
+            cache_args_to_ignore=cache_args_to_ignore,
             callback_map=self.callback_map,
             callback_list=self._callback_list,
             config_prevent_initial_callbacks=self.config.prevent_initial_callbacks,
@@ -1186,7 +1190,9 @@ def dispatch(self):
             input_values
         ) = inputs_to_dict(inputs)
         g.state_values = inputs_to_dict(state)  # pylint: disable=assigning-non-slot
-        g.long_callback_manager = self._long_callback_manager  # pylint: disable=E0237
+        g.background_callback_manager = (
+            self._background_manager
+        )  # pylint: disable=E0237
         changed_props = body.get("changedPropIds", [])
         g.triggered_inputs = [  # pylint: disable=assigning-non-slot
             {"prop_id": x, "value": input_values.get(x)} for x in changed_props
@@ -1255,7 +1261,7 @@ def dispatch(self):
                     func,
                     *args,
                     outputs_list=outputs_list,
-                    long_callback_manager=self._long_callback_manager,
+                    long_callback_manager=self._background_manager,
                     callback_context=g,
                 )
             )

dash/long_callback/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
 from .managers.celery_manager import CeleryLongCallbackManager  # noqa: F401,E402
 from .managers.diskcache_manager import DiskcacheLongCallbackManager  # noqa: F401,E402
+
+
+# Renamed without `LongCallback`
+
+
+class DiskcacheBackgroundExecutor(DiskcacheLongCallbackManager):
+    """Manage the background execution of callbacks with subprocesses and a diskcache result backend."""
+
+
+class CeleryBackgroundExecutor(CeleryLongCallbackManager):
+    """Manage background execution of callbacks with a celery queue."""

dash/long_callback/managers/celery_manager.py

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 
 class CeleryLongCallbackManager(BaseLongCallbackManager):
+    """Deprecated: use `import CeleryManager from dash` instead."""
+
     def __init__(self, celery_app, cache_by=None, expire=None):
         """
         Long callback manager that runs callback logic on a celery task queue,

dash/long_callback/managers/diskcache_manager.py

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 
 class DiskcacheLongCallbackManager(BaseLongCallbackManager):
+    """Deprecated: use `import DiskcacheManager from dash` instead."""
+
     def __init__(self, cache=None, cache_by=None, expire=None):
         """
         Long callback manager that runs callback logic in a subprocess and stores

tests/integration/long_callback/app_callback_ctx.py

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 @callback(
     Output("result", "children"),
     [Input({"type": "run-button", "index": ALL}, "n_clicks")],
-    long=True,
+    background=True,
     prevent_initial_call=True,
-    long_running=[(Output("running", "children"), "on", "off")],
+    running=[(Output("running", "children"), "on", "off")],
 )
 def update_output(n_clicks):
     triggered = json.loads(ctx.triggered[0]["prop_id"].split(".")[0])

tests/integration/long_callback/app_pattern_matching.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 @callback(
     Output("result", "children"),
     [Input({"type": "run-button", "index": ALL}, "n_clicks")],
-    long=True,
+    background=True,
     prevent_initial_call=True,
 )
 def update_output(n_clicks):

tests/integration/long_callback/app_short_interval.py

@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 @callback(
     Output("result", "children"),
     [Input("run-button", "n_clicks")],
-    long=True,
-    long_progress=Output("status", "children"),
-    long_progress_default="Finished",
-    long_cancel=[Input("cancel-button", "n_clicks")],
-    long_interval=0,
+    background=True,
+    progress=Output("status", "children"),
+    progress_default="Finished",
+    cancel=[Input("cancel-button", "n_clicks")],
+    interval=0,
     prevent_initial_call=True,
 )
 def update_output(set_progress, n_clicks):

tests/integration/long_callback/app_side_update.py

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 @callback(
     Output("result", "children"),
     [Input("run-button", "n_clicks")],
-    long=True,
-    long_progress=Output("status", "children"),
-    long_progress_default="Finished",
-    long_cancel=[Input("cancel-button", "n_clicks")],
-    long_interval=0,
+    background=True,
+    progress=Output("status", "children"),
+    progress_default="Finished",
+    cancel=[Input("cancel-button", "n_clicks")],
+    interval=0,
     prevent_initial_call=True,
 )
 def update_output(set_progress, n_clicks):