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When a directory on the server is updated, notify the client's browser via WebSocket using watchdog.
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| """ | |
| pip install fastapi uvicorn starlette watchdog | |
| uvicorn detect_file_updates:app --reload | |
| """ | |
| import asyncio | |
| import os | |
| from fastapi import FastAPI, WebSocket, WebSocketDisconnect | |
| from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse | |
| from starlette.websockets import WebSocketState | |
| from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler | |
| from watchdog.observers import Observer | |
| TARGET_PATH = "/path/to/your/target/directory" | |
| if not os.path.isdir(TARGET_PATH): | |
| raise Exception("Target directory does not exist") | |
| app = FastAPI() | |
| html = """ | |
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>WebSocket Test</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <h1>WebSocket File Update Notification</h1> | |
| <ul id="messages"> | |
| </ul> | |
| <script> | |
| const ws = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:8000/ws"); | |
| ws.onmessage = function(event) { | |
| const messages = document.getElementById('messages') | |
| const message = document.createElement('li') | |
| const content = document.createTextNode(event.data) | |
| message.appendChild(content) | |
| messages.appendChild(message) | |
| }; | |
| window.onbeforeunload = function() { | |
| ws.close(); | |
| }; | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> | |
| """ | |
| class FileChangeEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler): | |
| def __init__(self, websocket): | |
| self._websocket = websocket | |
| self._event_loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() | |
| def on_modified(self, event): | |
| if event.is_directory: | |
| return | |
| # | |
| # Point 1 | |
| # | |
| # OK 1. | |
| asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe( | |
| self._websocket.send_text(event.src_path), | |
| self._event_loop | |
| ) | |
| # OK 2. | |
| # self._event_loop.call_soon_threadsafe( | |
| # self._event_loop.create_task, | |
| # self._websocket.send_text(event.src_path) | |
| # ) | |
| # NG | |
| # asyncio.create_task(self._websocket.send_text(event.src_path)) | |
| # | |
| # Point 2 | |
| # | |
| print(event) | |
| # > [!NOTE] | |
| # > More than one event may occur for a single file change, like below. | |
| # > Please ask ChatGPT for the reasons and countermeasures. | |
| # ``` | |
| # INFO: connection open | |
| # FileModifiedEvent(...) | |
| # FileModifiedEvent(...) | |
| # INFO: connection close | |
| # ``` | |
| @app.get("/") | |
| async def index(): | |
| return HTMLResponse(html) | |
| @app.websocket("/ws") | |
| async def ws(websocket: WebSocket): | |
| await websocket.accept() | |
| file_change_event_handler = FileChangeEventHandler(websocket) | |
| observer = Observer() | |
| observer.schedule(file_change_event_handler, TARGET_PATH, recursive=True) | |
| observer.start() | |
| try: | |
| await websocket.receive_text() | |
| except WebSocketDisconnect: | |
| pass | |
| finally: | |
| observer.stop() | |
| observer.join() | |
| # | |
| # Point 3 | |
| # | |
| # To avoid closing it twice, I don't understand why it happens. | |
| if websocket.client_state != WebSocketState.DISCONNECTED: | |
| await websocket.close() |
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WebSocket handles events with functions, whereas watchdog handles events with methods defined in classes. This might make understanding the code a bit more difficult.