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The simplest way to add server sent events to Django 🏺

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Adding server sent events to your Django app is simple and powerful. It allows you to push updates to your frontend without the frontend needing to send requests, such as polling. I'll show you the simplest way (with the least code) to add server sent events to your Django app. We'll use Daphne. This is a production ASGI server that hooks into Django (relevant Django docs here) and its existing runserver command. The final product will look like the below. All data is being sent from the server to the frontend in real-time, without the frontend needing to send requests. Optional video tutorial (featuring me) below 📽️: Let's start! 🏺 You should see something like the following output (notice the Daphne server is running): That's it - You've added server sent events to your Django app 🎉. This is a minimal example to start using server-sent events with Django and Daphne. You can now build on this to add real-time updates to your frontend. Good uses include when your backend receives ne

Adding server sent events to your Django app is simple and powerful. It allows you to push updates to your frontend without the frontend needing to send requests, such as polling. I'll show you the simplest way (with the least code) to add server sent events to your Django app. We'll use Daphne . This is a production ASGI server that hooks into Django ( relevant Django docs here ) and its existing runserver command. The final product will look like the below. All data is being sent from the server to the frontend in real-time, without the frontend needing to send requests. Your browser does no

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