Asyncio gather usage

The asyncio module in Python provides powerful tools for writing asynchronous and concurrent code. One very useful function is asyncio.gather(), which allows you to simplify running multiple coroutines concurrently.

The key thing gather() does is take a list of coroutines or futures, execute them in parallel, and then return the results in a list in the original order. This saves you from having to manually coordinate waiting on multiple concurrent tasks.

Here's a quick example:

import asyncio

async def fetch_data(url):
    # Pretend we fetch data from URL
    return f"Downloaded from {url}"

urls = ["https://www.python1.org", "https://www.python2.org"]

async def main():
    results = await asyncio.gather(*[fetch_data(url) for url in urls])
    print(results)

asyncio.run(main())

This will fetch data from the two URLs concurrently and print out the results list when both are completed.

Some key points on using gather():

One common use case is kicking off I/O-bound work like multiple network requests concurrently:

user_coros = [fetch_user_data(uid) for uid in user_ids] 
user_data = await asyncio.gather(*user_coros)

In summary, asyncio.gather() is immensely helpful for coordinating waiting on multiple asynchronous tasks to complete. It handles all the complexity so your code stays simple and linear.