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Fastly Compute Python Examples

This directory contains small examples of Fastly Compute services built with Python.

Available Examples

bottle-app

  • Framework: Bottle (lightweight WSGI framework)
  • Demonstrates: Basic routing, JSON responses, WIT API integration
  • Use Case: Simple services, proof-of-concept applications

flask-app

  • Framework: Flask (popular Python web framework)
  • Demonstrates: Flask routing, request handling, error handling
  • Use Case: More complex applications, familiar Flask patterns

game-of-life

  • Shows: A server-side implementation of Conway’s Game of Life, with a server round trip per frame.
  • Demonstrates: Raw requests-per-second performance; Fastly's session-reuse feature, which saves spin-up time in busy services

backend-requests

This is actually a piece of the test harness; please ignore it.

Building and Running Examples

Before you use make, please install the prerequisites.

Hello World in Flask or Bottle

make serve                       # Serve default example (Bottle)
make serve EXAMPLE=flask-app     # Serve Flask example

Visit http://127.0.0.1:7676/hello/world or http://127.0.0.1:7676/info.

Conway's Game of Life

make serve EXAMPLE=game-of-life  # Serve Conway's Game of Life example

Visit http://127.0.0.1:7676/.

Other Invocations

make list-examples            # List all examples
make build-all                # Build all examples