other_rest_view.py

async def authors(request):
    """Return json response of authors based on query params."""
    connection = request.app['connection']

    with log_request(request):

        # parse values from query params

        first_name = request.query.get('first_name')
        last_name = request.query.get('last_name')
        age = None or int(request.query.get('age', 0))
        limit = int(request.query.get('limit', 0))
        
        # client may not want/need book information
        no_books = str(request.query.get('no_books','')).lower().startswith('t')

        query_db = partial(
            fetch_authors,
            request.app['connection'],
            first_name=first_name,
            last_name=last_name,
            age=age,
            limit=limit,
            no_books=no_books
        )
        
        query_db_task = request.loop.run_in_executor(None, query_db)
        
        authors: T.List[dict] = await query_db_task

        response = web.json_response(authors)

    with log_response(response):

        return response