{"slug": "websocket-support-is-now-available-for-python-functions", "title": "WebSocket support is now available for Python Functions", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Vercel now supports WebSocket connections for Python applications.\n\nWebSockets 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.\n\nExplore the [FastAPI AI Chat](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/websockets/fastapi-ai-chat) and [Flask AI Chat](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/websockets/flask-ai-chat) examples, or [read the WebSockets documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/websockets#python-frameworks) to get started.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/websocket-support-is-now-available-for-python-functions", "canonical_source": "https://vercel.com/changelog/websocket-support-is-now-available-for-python-functions", "published_at": "2026-07-23 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-28 21:39:26.898488+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Vercel", "FastAPI", "Django", "Flask"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/websocket-support-is-now-available-for-python-functions", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/websocket-support-is-now-available-for-python-functions.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/websocket-support-is-now-available-for-python-functions.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/websocket-support-is-now-available-for-python-functions.jsonld"}}