Run the server with asyncio.run(...)

[szabolcsdombi]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

I cannot run other async tasks alongside the server.
I managed to run websockets.serve(...) and a background task running with:

async def main():
    await asyncio.gather(websocket_server(), background_task())

asyncio.run(main())

Is this possible with aiohttp?

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to run the aiohttp server alongside other async tasks similar to the example above.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Found aiojobs, but what I want to achieve is to run aiohttp within an existing project with asyncio.

Related component

Server

Additional context

No response

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow the aio-libs Code of Conduct

[asvetlov]

You can use https://docs.aiohttp.org/en/stable/web_advanced.html#aiohttp-web-app-runners for starting the application without run_app call.

[Dreamsorcerer]

Generally, it's preferable to run other tasks spawned from the aiohttp app and allow aiohttp to control the loop: https://docs.aiohttp.org/en/stable/web_advanced.html#complex-applications

But, if that's not feasible, then use the app runners as mentioned above and manage the loop yourself.

[szabolcsdombi]

Thank you, the code from aiohttp-web-app-runners worked well.