use-python-in-node

Prerequisites

• Node.js v10 installed
• Python v3 available in the PATH
• Browser supporting WebSockets

About

This is a simple example of a Node.js server with following features:

• Enabled WebSocket communication
• HTTP endpoint which runs python script synchronously and returns its output
• WebSocket can run python script asynchronously and send output back in chunks
• Simple html page with 2 buttons to execute above actions and 2 panes to see preview output

Running locally

Following assumes you have python v3 installed and have it available in the PATH:

• Checkout this repository git clone repository && cd repository_folder
• Set Node.js version in terminal nvm use - defined in .nvmrc
• Install dependencies npm i
• Start server npm start or node server.js