Add Piccolo API components

[dantownsend]

Checklist

• This project is explicitly related to ASGI.
• The new list entry contains a project name, URL and description.
• Alphabetical order is preserved across entries and sections.

What is this project?

Piccolo API - Provides session auth, token auth, rate limiting, and CSRF protection for ASGI apps.

Do you know about other similar projects?

No

If so, how is this one different?

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[florimondmanca]

Thanks for your submission!

I think Piccolo looks really cool, but I'm not sure where/how we should put it in the list.

AFAIU it's not really an entire web framework, but more like a toolkit with several components for building more production-grade ASGI apps.

One possibility could be to add entries for middleware or helpers that solve specific problems and happen to be shipped with Piccolo. (I think we have instances of this already, eg Starlette's middleware are linked to in some sections.) Examples that come to mind are [RateLimitingMiddleware(https://piccolo-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rate_limiting/index.html), CSPMiddleware, CSRFMiddleware.

I think this could work also for non-"pure ASGI" items, eg those that rely on piccolo-orm such as the auth helpers (JWT, session auth, token auth).

We'd end up with a bunch of items but I don't think that would be a problem.

Thoughts?

[dantownsend]

Thanks Florimond.

Yeah, it's basically a collection of middleware and endpoints I needed to make an ASGI app production ready. I considered breaking it down into smaller packages, so for example the rate limiting middleware could be the asgi_ratelimiting package, but eventually there's PyPI fatigue, maintaining so many separate packages.

I think it's a good idea to list the relevant parts under separate headings. I'll amend the pull request tomorrow.

Good work with this project - it's a very useful resource.

[dantownsend]

Took another shot at it.

[florimondmanca]

Lookin' rad! Just a suggestion from me…

[florimondmanca]

Nice, thanks! 🎉