Module slack_bolt.middleware.async_middleware

Classes

class AsyncMiddleware

A middleware can process request data before other middleware and listener functions.

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class AsyncMiddleware(metaclass=ABCMeta):
    """A middleware can process request data before other middleware and listener functions."""

    @abstractmethod
    async def async_process(
        self,
        *,
        req: AsyncBoltRequest,
        resp: BoltResponse,
        # As this method is not supposed to be invoked by bolt-python users,
        # the naming conflict with the built-in one affects
        # only the internals of this method
        next: Callable[[], Awaitable[BoltResponse]],
    ) -> Optional[BoltResponse]:
        """Processes a request data before other middleware and listeners.
        A middleware calls `next()` function if the chain should continue.

            @app.middleware
            async def simple_middleware(req, resp, next):
                # do something here
                await next()

        This `async_process(req, resp, next)` method is supposed to be invoked only inside bolt-python.
        If you want to avoid the name `next()` in your middleware functions, you can use `next_()` method instead.

            @app.middleware
            async def simple_middleware(req, resp, next_):
                # do something here
                await next_()

        Args:
            req: The incoming request
            resp: The response
            next: The function to tell the chain that it can continue

        Returns:
            Processed response (optional)
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    @property
    def name(self) -> str:
        """The name of this middleware"""
        return f"{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}"

Subclasses

Instance variables

prop name : str

The name of this middleware

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@property
def name(self) -> str:
    """The name of this middleware"""
    return f"{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}"

Methods

async def async_process(self, *, req: AsyncBoltRequest, resp: BoltResponse, next: Callable[[], Awaitable[BoltResponse]]) ‑> Optional[BoltResponse]

Processes a request data before other middleware and listeners. A middleware calls next() function if the chain should continue.

@app.middleware
async def simple_middleware(req, resp, next):
    # do something here
    await next()

This async_process(req, resp, next) method is supposed to be invoked only inside bolt-python. If you want to avoid the name next() in your middleware functions, you can use next_() method instead.

@app.middleware
async def simple_middleware(req, resp, next_):
    # do something here
    await next_()

Args

req
The incoming request
resp
The response
next
The function to tell the chain that it can continue

Returns

Processed response (optional)