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-rw-r--r--python/fatcat_tools/transforms.py10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/transforms.py b/python/fatcat_tools/transforms.py
index 37cbf1d2..9cb557ad 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/transforms.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/transforms.py
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ from fatcat_client import ApiClient
def entity_to_dict(entity, api_client=None):
"""
- Hack to take advantage of the code-generated serialization code
+ Hack to take advantage of the code-generated serialization code.
+
+ Initializing/destroying ApiClient objects is surprisingly expensive
+ (because it involves a threadpool), so we allow passing an existing
+ instance. If you already have a full-on API connection `api`, you can
+ access the ApiClient object as `api.api_client`. This is such a speed-up
+ that this argument may become mandatory.
"""
if not api_client:
api_client = ApiClient()
@@ -14,6 +20,8 @@ def entity_to_dict(entity, api_client=None):
def entity_from_json(json_str, entity_type, api_client=None):
"""
Hack to take advantage of the code-generated deserialization code
+
+ See not on `entity_to_dict()` about api_client argument.
"""
if not api_client:
api_client = ApiClient()