#!/usr/bin/env python3 import asyncio from datetime import datetime from typing import List, Tuple from nicegui import Client, ui messages: List[Tuple[str, str]] = [] contents: List[ui.column] = [] async def update(content: ui.column) -> None: # Note: Messages should come from a database sent = False # 'sent' should be determined based on the current user # which requires session/user auth - outside of scope # of this example # For now we just alternate for every new message content.clear() with content: # use the context of each client to update their ui for name, text in messages: # A simple way to show a message: # ui.markdown(f'**{name or "someone"}:** {text}') \ # .classes('text-lg m-2') # A more advanced example is using quasar chat_message: sent = not sent if sent: ui.chat_message(text=text, name=name, sent=sent, stamp=datetime.utcnow().isoformat()) \ .classes('w-full') else: avatar = "https://cdn.quasar.dev/img/avatar3.jpg" ui.chat_message(text=text, name=name, sent=sent, avatar=avatar, stamp=datetime.utcnow().isoformat()) \ .classes('w-full') await ui.run_javascript( 'window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)', respond=False) @ui.page('/') async def main(client: Client): async def send() -> None: messages.append((name.value, text.value)) text.value = '' await asyncio.gather(*[update(content) for content in contents]) # run updates concurrently anchor_style = r'a:link, a:visited {color: inherit !important; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 500}' ui.add_head_html(f'') with ui.footer().classes('bg-white'), ui.column().classes('w-full max-w-3xl mx-auto my-6'): with ui.row().classes('w-full no-wrap items-center'): name = ui.input(placeholder='name').props('rounded outlined autofocus input-class=mx-3') text = ui.input(placeholder='message').props('rounded outlined input-class=mx-3') \ .classes('w-full self-center').on('keydown.enter', send) ui.markdown('simple chat app built with [NiceGUI](https://nicegui.io)') \ .classes('text-xs self-end mr-8 m-[-1em] text-primary') await client.connected() # update(...) uses run_javascript which is only possible after connecting contents.append(ui.column().classes('w-full max-w-2xl mx-auto')) # save ui context for updates await update(contents[-1]) # ensure all messages are shown after connecting ui.run()