.. highlightlang:: c
.. versionadded:: 3.7
This section details the public C API for the :mod:`contextvars` module.
.. c:type:: PyContext The C structure used to represent a :class:`contextvars.Context` object.
.. c:type:: PyContextVar The C structure used to represent a :class:`contextvars.ContextVar` object.
.. c:type:: PyContextToken The C structure used to represent a :class:`contextvars.Token` object.
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyContext_Type The type object representing the *context* type.
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyContextVar_Type The type object representing the *context variable* type.
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyContextToken_Type The type object representing the *context variable token* type.
Type-check macros:
.. c:function:: int PyContext_CheckExact(PyObject *o) Return true if *o* is of type :c:data:`PyContext_Type`. *o* must not be *NULL*. This function always succeeds.
.. c:function:: int PyContextVar_CheckExact(PyObject *o) Return true if *o* is of type :c:data:`PyContextVar_Type`. *o* must not be *NULL*. This function always succeeds.
.. c:function:: int PyContextToken_CheckExact(PyObject *o) Return true if *o* is of type :c:data:`PyContextToken_Type`. *o* must not be *NULL*. This function always succeeds.
Context object management functions:
.. c:function:: PyContext *PyContext_New(void) Create a new empty context object. Returns ``NULL`` if an error has occurred.
.. c:function:: PyContext *PyContext_Copy(PyContext *ctx) Create a shallow copy of the passed *ctx* context object. Returns ``NULL`` if an error has occurred.
.. c:function:: PyContext *PyContext_CopyCurrent(void) Create a shallow copy of the current thread context. Returns ``NULL`` if an error has occurred.
.. c:function:: int PyContext_Enter(PyContext *ctx) Set *ctx* as the current context for the current thread. Returns ``0`` on success, and ``-1`` on error.
.. c:function:: int PyContext_Exit(PyContext *ctx) Deactivate the *ctx* context and restore the previous context as the current context for the current thread. Returns ``0`` on success, and ``-1`` on error.
.. c:function:: int PyContext_ClearFreeList() Clear the context variable free list. Return the total number of freed items. This function always succeeds.
Context variable functions:
.. c:function:: PyContextVar *PyContextVar_New(const char *name, PyObject *def) Create a new ``ContextVar`` object. The *name* parameter is used for introspection and debug purposes. The *def* parameter may optionally specify the default value for the context variable. If an error has occurred, this function returns ``NULL``.
.. c:function:: int PyContextVar_Get(PyContextVar *var, PyObject *default_value, PyObject **value) Get the value of a context variable. Returns ``-1`` if an error has occurred during lookup, and ``0`` if no error occurred, whether or not a value was found. If the context variable was found, *value* will be a pointer to it. If the context variable was *not* found, *value* will point to: - *default_value*, if not ``NULL``; - the default value of *var*, if not ``NULL``; - ``NULL`` If the value was found, the function will create a new reference to it.
.. c:function:: PyContextToken *PyContextVar_Set(PyContextVar *var, PyObject *value) Set the value of *var* to *value* in the current context. Returns a pointer to a :c:type:`PyContextToken` object, or ``NULL`` if an error has occurred.
.. c:function:: int PyContextVar_Reset(PyContextVar *var, PyContextToken *token) Reset the state of the *var* context variable to that it was in before :c:func:`PyContextVar_Set` that returned the *token* was called. This function returns ``0`` on success and ``-1`` on error.