TECHNOLOGY · VERIFIED DEVELOPMENT
Cloudflare Announces General Availability of Python Workers
WHY IT MATTERS
The general availability of Python Workers makes it easier for developers to build scalable and performant applications on the Cloudflare platform, without the need for complex type conversions or manual compilation of packages.
What happened
Cloudflare has announced the general availability of Python Workers, a feature that allows developers to run Python applications in the Cloudflare Workers runtime. This means Python is now a first-class, fully supported language on the Cloudflare Developer Platform.
Python Workers now natively support Cloudflare Developer Platform bindings, eliminating the need for explicit type conversions. Developers can run popular Python frameworks like FastAPI, Django, and Flask inside Python Workers, and even create a Python Worker inside another Worker using Dynamic Workers.
The feature also supports integration with Hyperdrive, allowing developers to use relational databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL. This expansion of the WebAssembly package ecosystem enables developers to use a wider variety of packages in Python Workers.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Python Workers are now generally available
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