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How to use Django with Granian
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Granian_ is a Rust-based high-performance HTTP server for Python applications,
supporting ASGI and WSGI interfaces.

.. _Granian: https://github.com/emmett-framework/granian

Installing Granian
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You can install Granian with ``pip``:

.. code-block:: shell

    python -m pip install granian

Running Django in Granian
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When Granian is installed, a ``granian`` command is available which runs ASGI
applications. Granian needs to be called with the location of a module
containing an ASGI application object, followed by what the application is
called (separated by a colon), using the ``--interface asgi`` option.

For a typical Django project, invoking Granian would look like:

.. code-block:: shell

    granian myproject.asgi:application --interface asgi

This will start one process listening on ``127.0.0.1:8000``. It requires that
your project be on the Python path; to ensure that, run this command from the
same directory as your ``manage.py`` file.

For more advanced usage, please read the `Granian documentation <Granian_>`_.