.. _-extractExecutionContext-:

extractExecutionContext
=======================

Signature
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.. includecode2:: /../../akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/BasicDirectives.scala
   :snippet: extractExecutionContext

Description
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Extracts the ``ExecutionContext`` from the ``RequestContext``.

See :ref:`-withExecutionContext-` to see how to customise the execution context provided for an inner route.

See :ref:`-extract-` to learn more about how extractions work.

Example
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.. includecode2:: ../../../../code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/BasicDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
   :snippet: extractExecutionContext-0