The Library

Baseplate also provides a collection of “extra batteries”. These independent modules provide commonly needed functionality to applications. They can be used separately from the rest of Baseplate.

• baseplate.lib.config: Configuration parsing
• baseplate.lib.crypto: Cryptographic Primitives
• baseplate.lib.datetime: Extensions to the standard library's datetime module
• baseplate.lib.edgecontext: Information about the original request from the client
• baseplate.lib.events: Events for the data pipeline
• baseplate.lib.experiments: Experiments framework
• baseplate.lib.file_watcher: Read files from disk as they change
• baseplate.lib.live_data: Tools for centralized data that updates near instantly
• baseplate.lib.message_queue: POSIX IPC Message Queues
• baseplate.lib.metrics: Counters, timers, gauges, and histograms for statsd
• baseplate.lib.random: Extensions to the standard library's random module
• baseplate.lib.ratelimit: Ratelimit counters in memcached or redis
• baseplate.lib.retry: Policies for retrying operations
• baseplate.lib.secrets: Secure storage and access to secret tokens and credentials
• baseplate.lib.thrift_pool: A Thrift client connection pool
• baseplate.lib.service_discovery: Integration with Synapse service discovery