How to use Django with Granian

Granian is a Rust-based high-performance HTTP server for Python applications, supporting ASGI and WSGI interfaces.

Installing Granian

You can install Granian with pip:

python -m pip install granian

Running Django in Granian

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:

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.