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WebSocket support is now available for Python Functions

Vercel now supports WebSocket connections for Python applications, enabling bidirectional communication for real-time features like interactive AI streaming, real-time chat, and multiplayer live collaboration. Both ASGI and WSGI applications are supported, including frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, and Flask.

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Vercel now supports WebSocket connections for Python applications.

WebSockets enable bidirectional communication between client- and server-side code, powering real-time features like interactive AI streaming, real-time chat, and multiplayer live collaboration. Both ASGI and WSGI applications are supported, including frameworks like FastAPI, Django, and Flask.

Explore the FastAPI AI Chat and Flask AI Chat examples, or read the WebSockets documentation to get started.

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