Message Handlers¶

There are 3 way of interacting with lato application.

Directly invoking a function,
Calling a function using an alias,
Calling the function using a message handler.

Let’s have a closer look at all the possibilities.

Directly invoking a function¶

In this approach, a function is passed to a Application.call() as is:

from lato import Application

def foo():
    return "called directly"

app = Application("example")

assert app.call(foo) == "called directly"

Calling a function using an alias¶

In this approach, a function is first decorated with ApplicationM.handler(), and then called using an alias:

from lato import Application
app = Application("example")

@app.handler("alias_of_bar")
def bar():
    return "called via alias"

app.call("alias_of_bar") == "called via alias"

Calling the function using a command¶

In this approach, a command is declared, then a Application.handler() decorator is used to associate the command with its handler.

from lato import Application, Command
app = Application("example")

class SampleCommand(Command):
    x: int


@app.handler(SampleCommand)
def sample_command_handler(command: SampleCommand):
    return f"called sample command with x={command.x}"

app.execute(SampleCommand(x=1)) == "called sample command with x=1"