How-to guides

In a hurry? Check out these examples.

• Quick start

If you’re stuck, perhaps you’ll find the answer here.

• Cheat sheet
• Patterns
• Reload on code changes

This guide will help you integrate websockets into a broader system.

• Integrate with Django

The WebSocket protocol makes provisions for extending or specializing its features, which websockets supports fully.

• Write an extension

Once your application is ready, learn how to deploy it on various platforms.

• Deploy to Render
• Deploy to Fly
• Deploy to Heroku
• Deploy to Kubernetes
• Deploy with Supervisor
• Deploy behind nginx
• Deploy behind HAProxy

If you’re integrating the Sans-I/O layer of websockets into a library, rather than building an application with websockets, follow this guide.

• Integrate the Sans-I/O layer
  • Opening a connection
  • From the network to the application
  • From the application to the network
  • Closing a connection
  • Fragmentation
  • Tips