Requirements

Python

Tested environments:

  • Python 2.7+
  • Python 3.3+
  • PyPy 1.8+
  • Android 2.3 via SL4A

Note

ws4py will not try to automatically install dependencies and will let you decide which one you need.

Client

ws4py comes with three client implementations:

  • Built-in: That client is solely based on the Python stdlib, it uses a thread to run the inner processing loop.
  • Tornado: The Tornado client requires Tornado 2.0+
  • gevent: The gevent client requires gevent 0.13.6 or 1.0.0-dev

Server

ws4py comes with three server implementations:

  • Built-in: The server relies on the built-in wsgiref module.
  • CherryPy: The CherryPy server requires 3.2.2+
  • gevent: The gevent server requires gevent 1.0.0
  • asyncio: PEP 3156 implementation for Python 3.3+

Testing

ws4py uses the Autobahn functional test suite to ensure it respects the standard. You must install it to run that test suite against ws4py.