aiohttp-chat

a simple multi-user single-room realtime webchat app using aiohttp and redis-py

How to run

Simple and best

docker-compose up

web app for dev

pyenv virtualenv 3.11.6 venv
pyenv shell venv
pip install -e .
cd aiohttp_chat
REDIS_HOST=localhost REDIS_PORT=6379 python -X dev aiohttp_chat/main.py

redis for local dev

docker run -p 6379:6379 redis

build and run docker manually if you want

docker build -t aiohttp-chat:latest . 
docker run -e REDIS_HOST=host.docker.internal -e REDIS_PORT=6379 -d -p 8080:8080 aiohttp-chat

Limitations

• needs webserver (or some reverse proxy)
• needs logging
• testing