Add uvicorn and web sockets for native Django 3

README.rst

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Features
 * Optimized development and production settings
 * Registration via django-allauth_
 * Comes with custom user model ready to go
+* Optional basic ASGI setup for Websockets
 * Optional custom static build using Gulp and livereload
 * Send emails via Anymail_ (using Mailgun_ by default or Amazon SES if AWS is selected cloud provider, but switchable)
 * Media storage using Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage

cookiecutter.json

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "SparkPost",
     "Other SMTP"
   ],
+  "use_async": "n",
   "use_drf": "n",
   "custom_bootstrap_compilation": "n",
   "use_compressor": "n",

docs/developing-locally.rst

@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ First things first.
 
     $ python manage.py migrate
 
-#. See the application being served through Django development server: ::
+#. If you're running synchronously, see the application being served through Django development server: ::
 
     $ python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
 
+or if you're running asynchronously: ::
+
+    $ gunicorn config.asgi --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --reload
+
 .. _PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/download/
 .. _Redis: https://redis.io/download
 .. _createdb: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-createdb.html

docs/project-generation-options.rst

@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ mail_service:
     8. SparkPost_
     9. `Other SMTP`_
 
+use_async:
+    Indicates whether the project should use web sockets with Uvicorn + Gunicorn.
+
 use_drf:
     Indicates whether the project should be configured to use `Django Rest Framework`_.
 

hooks/post_gen_project.py

@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ def remove_celery_files():
         os.remove(file_name)
 
 
+def remove_async_files():
+    file_names = [
+        os.path.join("config", "asgi.py"),
+        os.path.join("config", "websocket.py"),
+    ]
+    for file_name in file_names:
+        os.remove(file_name)
+
+
 def remove_dottravisyml_file():
     os.remove(".travis.yml")
 
@@ -372,6 +381,9 @@ def main():
     if "{{ cookiecutter.use_drf }}".lower() == "n":
         remove_drf_starter_files()
 
+    if "{{ cookiecutter.use_async }}".lower() == "n":
+        remove_async_files()
+
     print(SUCCESS + "Project initialized, keep up the good work!" + TERMINATOR)
 
 

tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ def context():
     {"cloud_provider": "GCP", "mail_service": "SparkPost"},
     {"cloud_provider": "GCP", "mail_service": "Other SMTP"},
     # Note: cloud_providers GCP and None with mail_service Amazon SES is not supported
+    {"use_async": "y"},
+    {"use_async": "n"},
     {"use_drf": "y"},
     {"use_drf": "n"},
     {"js_task_runner": "None"},

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Procfile

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 release: python manage.py migrate
+{% if cookiecutter.use_async == "y" -%}
+web: gunicorn config.asgi:application -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
+{%- else  %}
 web: gunicorn config.wsgi:application
+{%- endif %}
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" -%}
 worker: celery worker --app=config.celery_app --loglevel=info
 beat: celery beat --app=config.celery_app --loglevel=info

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start

@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ set -o nounset
 
 
 python manage.py migrate
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
+/usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.asgi --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --chdir=/app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --reload
+{%- else %}
 python manage.py runserver_plus 0.0.0.0:8000
+{% endif %}

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start

@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@ if compress_enabled; then
   python /app/manage.py compress
 fi
 {%- endif %}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
+/usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.asgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
+{% else %}
 /usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.wsgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app
+{%- endif %}

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/asgi.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for {{ cookiecutter.project_name }} project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/asgi/
+
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+# This allows easy placement of apps within the interior
+# {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }} directory.
+app_path = Path(__file__).parents[1].resolve()
+sys.path.append(str(app_path / "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"))
+
+# If DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is unset, default to the local settings
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.local")
+
+# This application object is used by any ASGI server configured to use this file.
+django_application = get_asgi_application()
+# Apply ASGI middleware here.
+# from helloworld.asgi import HelloWorldApplication
+# application = HelloWorldApplication(application)
+
+# Import websocket application here, so apps from django_application are loaded first
+from config.websocket import websocket_application  # noqa isort:skip
+
+
+async def application(scope, receive, send):
+    if scope["type"] == "http":
+        await django_application(scope, receive, send)
+    elif scope["type"] == "websocket":
+        await websocket_application(scope, receive, send)
+    else:
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"Unknown scope type {scope['type']}")

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
 from django.contrib import admin
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
+{%- endif %}
 from django.urls import include, path
 from django.views import defaults as default_views
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
@@ -20,7 +23,12 @@
     path("accounts/", include("allauth.urls")),
     # Your stuff: custom urls includes go here
 ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
-{% if cookiecutter.use_drf == 'y' -%}
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    # Static file serving when using Gunicorn + Uvicorn for local web socket development
+    urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
+{%- endif %}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_drf == 'y' %}
 # API URLS
 urlpatterns += [
     # API base url

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/websocket.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+async def websocket_application(scope, receive, send):
+    while True:
+        event = await receive()
+
+        if event["type"] == "websocket.connect":
+            await send({"type": "websocket.accept"})
+
+        if event["type"] == "websocket.disconnect":
+            break
+
+        if event["type"] == "websocket.receive":
+            if event["text"] == "ping":
+                await send({"type": "websocket.send", "text": "pong!"})

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.js

@@ -110,6 +110,18 @@ function imgCompression() {
     .pipe(dest(paths.images))
 }
 
+{% if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' -%}
+// Run django server
+function asyncRunServer() {
+  var cmd = spawn('gunicorn', [
+      'config.asgi', '-k', 'uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker', '--reload'
+      ], {stdio: 'inherit'}
+  )
+  cmd.on('close', function(code) {
+    console.log('gunicorn exited with code ' + code)
+  })
+}
+{%- else %}
 // Run django server
 function runServer(cb) {
   var cmd = spawn('python', ['manage.py', 'runserver'], {stdio: 'inherit'})
@@ -118,6 +130,7 @@ function runServer(cb) {
     cb(code)
   })
 }
+{%- endif %}
 
 // Browser sync server for live reload
 function initBrowserSync() {
@@ -166,8 +179,12 @@ const generateAssets = parallel(
 // Set up dev environment
 const dev = parallel(
   {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'n' %}
+  {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
+  asyncRunServer,
+  {%- else %}
   runServer,
   {%- endif %}
+  {%- endif %}
   initBrowserSync,
   watchPaths
 )

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ django-celery-beat==2.0.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
 flower==0.9.4  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}
 {%- endif %}
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
+uvicorn==0.11.3  # https://github.com/encode/uvicorn
+gunicorn==20.0.4  # https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn
+{%- endif %}
 
 # Django
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 -r ./base.txt
 
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'n' %}
 gunicorn==20.0.4  # https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn
+{%- endif %}
 psycopg2==2.8.5 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'n' %}
 Collectfast==2.1.0  # https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast