messa / aiohttp-nextjs-demo-chat

Simple chat application using Python 3 asyncio with aiohttp, Next.js, Websocket and OAuth2 login

Chat demo web app created with aiohttp and next.js

Requirements:

• Python 3.6
• aiohttp, requests_oauthlib etc. – Python dependencies managed by setup.py
• node.js, npm

See Dockerfile or Makefile how to run this example.

See also my aiohttp.web tips :)

Architecture

Production

Build phase:
                Next.js app                          Static files (prerendered)
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     next export     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                pages/*.js         -------------->   out/_next/…/page/*.js
                components/*.js                      out/_next/static/commons/main-….js
                util/*.js                            out/index.html
                                                     out/chat/index.html                    <-+
                                                     out/login/index.html                     | serve
                                                                                              | HTML & JS
                                                                                              | as static
                                                                                              | files
Deployed:                                                                             request |
                                                                                      path    | /*
                User           HTTPS, WSS    nginx or other    HTTP, WS    aiohttp    routing |
                Web browser  ------------->  load balancer   ----------->  web app  ----------+
                                                                                              | /api/*
                                                                                              | /auth/*
                                                                                              v
                                                                                        JSON API with
                                                                                          live data

Development

Using npm run dev that runs next with HMR etc.

                                                           /api/*
                                                           /auth/*
                                                         +---------> aiohttp web app
Developer     HTTP, WS   nginx with           proxy_pass |
Web browser -----------> dev configuration  -------------+
                         (see nginx.conf)                |
                                                         | /*
                                                         +--------> Next.js development server

Links

Similar projects etc., not directly related to this repo

https://steelkiwi.com/blog/an-example-of-a-simple-chat-written-in-aiohttp/