python-axon 1.1.0

A modular Python backend framework built on FastAPI

Axon Framework

A modular Python backend framework built on FastAPI. Inspired by NestJS and Laravel — modules, DI container, hook bus, scheduler, and a full CLI — without the boilerplate.

Install

pip install python-axon

Create a project

axon create_project myapp
cd myapp
pip install -r requirements.txt
./manage migrate
./manage runserver

Your API is live at http://localhost:8000. Docs at http://localhost:8000/docs.

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Import surface

Everything a module builder needs comes from three places:

# Core classes and all helpers
from axon import Module, Service, Model, Router, Manifest, Context, Log
from axon import bind, make, override, extend, env, config, abort

# Database field types
from axon.fields import StringField, BoolField, IntField, ForeignKey, ChoiceField

# Auth guards for routes
from axon.auth import require_auth, require_role, optional_auth

# HTTP error responses
from axon.responses import not_found, bad_request, forbidden, unprocessable

Old deep imports (from axon.core.*) continue to work — nothing breaks.

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Scaffold a module

./manage make:module orders

Generates app/modules/orders/ with models, services, routes, schemas, hooks, and a manifest — all wired and ready.

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Module anatomy

# app/modules/orders/__init__.py
from axon import Module, bind, on, env, Log

class Module(Module):

    @property
    def name(self) -> str:
        return "orders"

    def register(self) -> None:
        bind(OrderService)          # bare bind() — same as self.bind()

    async def boot(self) -> None:
        on("platform.booted", self._ready)

    async def _ready(self, payload: dict) -> None:
        Log.i("orders", "module ready")

Model

# app/modules/orders/models.py
from axon import Model as AxonModel
from axon.fields import StringField, DecimalField, ChoiceField, ForeignKey

class Order(AxonModel):
    status  = ChoiceField(["pending", "paid", "shipped"], default="pending")
    total   = DecimalField(precision=10, scale=2)
    user_id = ForeignKey("auth_users.id")

Service

# app/modules/orders/services.py
from axon import Service as AxonService, Log

class OrderService(AxonService):

    def create(self, data: dict) -> dict:
        with self.db().session() as s:
            order = Order(**data)
            s.add(order)
            s.flush()
            Log.i("OrderService", "created id=%d", order.id)
            return order.to_dict()

Routes

# app/modules/orders/routes.py
from axon import Router
from axon.auth import require_auth
from axon.responses import not_found
from .services import OrderService
from .schemas import OrderIn

router = Router(prefix="/orders", tags=["orders"])

@router.get("/")
async def index(ctx, svc: OrderService):
    return svc.list()

protected = router.group("", middleware=[require_auth])

@protected.post("/", status=201)
async def store(body: OrderIn, ctx, svc: OrderService):
    return svc.create(body.model_dump())

Manifest

# app/modules/orders/manifest.py
from axon import Manifest

manifest = Manifest(
    name        = "orders",
    version     = "1.0.0",
    description = "Order management",
    requires    = ["auth"],
    provides    = ["order_svc"],   # make("order_svc") resolves OrderService
    enabled     = True,
    routes      = "routes",
)

Helpers

from axon import (
    # Environment
    env, env_bool, env_int, env_list,

    # Config
    config, config_set,

    # Container (bare — no self. needed)
    bind, override, extend, make, instance, has_binding,

    # Events and jobs
    on, emit, filter_event, dispatch, schedule,

    # HTTP
    abort, url, route,

    # Strings
    str_slug, str_snake, str_camel, str_pascal, str_uuid, str_random,
    str_headline, str_truncate, str_pad, str_between, str_replace,

    # Arrays / collections
    arr_get, arr_set, arr_only, arr_except, arr_pluck, arr_group_by,
    arr_sort, arr_filter, arr_map, arr_first, arr_last, arr_chunk,
    arr_sum, arr_avg, arr_min, arr_max, arr_key_by, arr_partition,
    arr_merge, arr_deep_merge,

    # Values
    blank, filled, optional, tap, once, retry,

    # Security
    bcrypt, bcrypt_check, hash_make, hash_check,
    md5, sha256, hmac_sign, hmac_verify,

    # Numeric
    num_format, num_currency, num_percent, num_ordinal, num_clamp,

    # DateTime
    now, today, timestamp, now_iso, human_time, diff_in_seconds,

    # Files
    file_exists, file_get, file_put, file_extension, file_basename,

    # Debug
    dd, dump,
)

Database configuration

config.yaml supports both a raw connection string and a structured block:

platform:
  # Option A — raw connection string (takes priority if set)
  database_url: "postgresql://user:pass@localhost/mydb"

  # Option B — structured block
  database:
    engine:   postgresql     # sqlite | postgresql | mysql | mariadb | mssql
    name:     mydb
    host:     localhost
    port:     5432
    user:     myuser
    password: secret
    echo:     false
    pool_size: 5

Override any value with env vars:

PLATFORM__DATABASE__ENGINE=postgresql
PLATFORM__DATABASE__HOST=db.prod.internal
PLATFORM__DATABASE__PASSWORD=s3cret

CLI reference

# Run from anywhere
axon create_project <name>         Bootstrap a new project

# Run inside a project (./manage <command>)
make:module <name>                 Scaffold a new module
migrate                            Run pending migrations
makemigrations [name]              Generate a migration
migrate:rollback                   Roll back the last migration
migrate:fresh --seed               Wipe DB and re-run from scratch
runserver [host] [port]            Start dev server (default: 0.0.0.0:8000)
createsuperuser                    Create an admin user
status                             Show platform status
shell                              Python REPL with full platform context
dbshell                            Native DB shell (psql / sqlite3)

Build and publish

pip install build twine
python -m build
twine upload dist/*