codechu-events 0.2.0

Thread-safe multi-channel event bus with glob filtering, backpressure, and sync/async iteration.

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Thread-safe multi-channel pub/sub — emit from anywhere, listen everywhere.

codechu-events

Thread-safe multi-channel event bus for Python. Pure stdlib, ~150 LOC.

pip install codechu-events

What it gives you

• Multi-channel pub/sub with glob-pattern filtering: ["scan.*", "ui.click"]
• Thread-safe — emit from any thread, never blocks
• Bounded queues per subscriber — slow consumers drop events, fast publishers never wait
• Sync + async iteration — for ev in sub: or async for ev in sub.aiter():
• Context manager for clean unsubscribe: with bus.subscribe_ctx([...]) as sub:
• Heartbeat support for dead-connection detection on idle channels
• Resource limits — max subscribers + max queue depth, bounded by design
• Stats for monitoring (subscriber count, drop count, queue depth)

Quick examples

Basic usage

Construct a Bus() explicitly — there is no module-level default, so ownership and lifetime stay in the caller's hands.

from codechu_events import Bus

bus = Bus()

with bus.subscribe_ctx(["scan.*"]) as sub:
    bus.emit("scan.started", path="/home")
    bus.emit("scan.progress", count=42)
    bus.emit("scan.finished", count=128, ok=True)
    bus.emit("foo.bar")  # filtered out
    for ev in sub:
        print(ev["event"], ev)

Multiple isolated buses

A single process can run multiple independent buses — useful for separating domains (e.g. UI events vs telemetry) or for testing:

from codechu_events import Bus

ui_bus = Bus()
telemetry_bus = Bus(max_subscribers=128)  # larger cap for telemetry

ui_sub = ui_bus.subscribe(["ui.*"])
telemetry_sub = telemetry_bus.subscribe(["metric.*"])

ui_bus.emit("ui.click", button="ok")
telemetry_bus.emit("metric.fps", value=58)
# ui_sub only sees ui.click; telemetry_sub only sees metric.fps

Custom subscription class (field-based filter)

For filtering beyond glob, subclass Subscription and override matches():

from codechu_events import Bus, Subscription

class PanelFilter(Subscription):
    """Only events with event['panel'] == 'suggestion'."""

    def matches(self, event_type, event=None):
        if event is None:
            return True  # cheap type-check pass; final check at push
        return event.get("panel") == "suggestion"

bus = Bus()
sub = bus.subscribe(["*"], subscription_class=PanelFilter)
bus.emit("scan.started", panel="suggestion")   # delivered
bus.emit("scan.started", panel="treemap")      # rejected

Async iteration

import asyncio
from codechu_events import Bus

bus = Bus()

async def consume():
    with bus.subscribe_ctx(["scan.*"], heartbeat_sec=5.0) as sub:
        async for ev in sub.aiter():
            print(ev)

asyncio.run(consume())

API reference

Bus

Method	Purpose
Bus(max_subscribers=64, queue_max=200)	Construct an independent bus.
bus.emit(event_type, **fields)	Publish event. Never blocks.
bus.subscribe(types=["*"], heartbeat_sec=5.0)	Create a Subscription. Caller must unsubscribe().
bus.subscribe_ctx(types, heartbeat_sec=5.0)	Context manager (auto-unsubscribe on exit).
bus.unsubscribe(sub)	Idempotent removal + sub.close().
bus.stats()	Dict with subscriber count, total emitted, drop counts.
bus.subscriber_count()	Active subscription count.
bus.reset()	Close all subscriptions and zero counters.

Subscription

Member	Purpose
for ev in sub:	Sync blocking iteration. Auto-emits _keepalive on idle.
async for ev in sub.aiter():	Async iteration with event loop.
sub.dropped	Count of events dropped due to slow consumer.
sub.received	Count of events accepted.
sub.close()	Stop iteration (sentinel injected).

Resource limits

Constant	Default	Tweakable
QUEUE_MAX	200	Max events per subscriber queue (drops on overflow)
MAX_SUBSCRIBERS	64	Max concurrent subscribers
DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_SEC	5.0	Idle keepalive interval

Exceeding MAX_SUBSCRIBERS raises SubscriberLimitExceeded.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Part of Codechu.