nicegui/examples/chat_app/main.py

#!/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
            ui.chat_message(text=text,
                            name=name,
                            sent=sent,
                            avatar="https://cdn.quasar.dev/img/avatar2.jpg",
                            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'<style>{anchor_style}</style>')
    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()