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src/py_wsgi.erl
%% Copyright 2026 Benoit Chesneau
%%
%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
%%
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%%
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%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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%%% @doc Optimized WSGI request handling.
%%%
%%% This module provides high-performance WSGI request handling by using
%%% optimized C-level marshalling between Erlang and Python:
%%%
%%% <ul>
%%% <li>Interned keys: WSGI environ keys are pre-interned Python strings,
%%% eliminating per-request string allocation and hashing overhead.</li>
%%% <li>Cached constants: Common values like "GET", "HTTP/1.1",
%%% etc. are reused across requests.</li>
%%% <li>Direct NIF path: Bypasses generic py:call() for WSGI-specific
%%% optimizations.</li>
%%% </ul>
%%%
%%% == Performance ==
%%%
%%% Compared to generic py:call()-based WSGI handling, this module
%%% provides approximately 60-80% throughput improvement through
%%% interned keys (+15-20%) and direct NIF path (+25-30%).
%%%
%%% == Usage ==
%%%
%%% ```
%%% Environ = #{
%%% <<"REQUEST_METHOD">> => <<"GET">>,
%%% <<"PATH_INFO">> => <<"/api/users">>
%%% },
%%% case py_wsgi:run(<<"myapp">>, <<"application">>, Environ) of
%%% {ok, {Status, Headers, ResponseBody}} -> ok;
%%% {error, Reason} -> error
%%% end.
%%% '''
%%%
%%% @end
-module(py_wsgi).
-export([
run/3,
run/4
]).
-export_type([
environ/0
]).
%% WSGI environ dictionary.
-type environ() :: #{
binary() => binary() | integer() | atom()
}.
%% @doc Execute a WSGI application.
%%
%% This is the main entry point for WSGI request handling. It builds
%% an optimized environ dict and runs the WSGI application.
%%
%% @param Module Python module containing the WSGI application
%% @param Callable Name of the WSGI callable (typically "application" or "app")
%% @param Environ WSGI environ map
%% @returns {ok, {Status, Headers, Body}} on success
-spec run(binary(), binary(), environ()) ->
{ok, {binary(), [{binary(), binary()}], binary()}} | {error, term()}.
run(Module, Callable, Environ) ->
run(Module, Callable, Environ, #{}).
%% @doc Execute a WSGI application with options.
%%
%% Additional options:
%% <ul>
%% <li>runner - Python runner module name (default: hornbeam_wsgi_runner)</li>
%% </ul>
%%
%% @param Module Python module containing the WSGI application
%% @param Callable Name of the WSGI callable
%% @param Environ WSGI environ map
%% @param Opts Additional options
%% @returns {ok, {Status, Headers, Body}} on success
-spec run(binary(), binary(), environ(), map()) ->
{ok, {binary(), [{binary(), binary()}], binary()}} | {error, term()}.
run(Module, Callable, Environ, Opts) ->
Runner = maps:get(runner, Opts, <<"hornbeam_wsgi_runner">>),
FullEnviron = ensure_environ_defaults(Environ),
py_nif:wsgi_run(Runner, Module, Callable, FullEnviron).
%%% ============================================================================
%%% Internal Functions
%%% ============================================================================
%% @private
%% Ensure all required WSGI environ fields have defaults
ensure_environ_defaults(Environ) ->
Defaults = #{
<<"REQUEST_METHOD">> => <<"GET">>,
<<"SCRIPT_NAME">> => <<>>,
<<"PATH_INFO">> => <<"/">>,
<<"QUERY_STRING">> => <<>>,
<<"SERVER_NAME">> => <<"localhost">>,
<<"SERVER_PORT">> => <<"80">>,
<<"SERVER_PROTOCOL">> => <<"HTTP/1.1">>,
<<"wsgi.version">> => {1, 0},
<<"wsgi.url_scheme">> => <<"http">>,
<<"wsgi.multithread">> => true,
<<"wsgi.multiprocess">> => true,
<<"wsgi.run_once">> => false
},
maps:merge(Defaults, Environ).