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				The back-end websocket server for wowlet.
				
			
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| utils | ||
| wowlet_backend | ||
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| asgi.py | ||
| docker-compose.yml | ||
| Dockerfile | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| README.md | ||
| requirements.txt | ||
| run.py | ||
| settings.py_example | ||
wowlet-backend
Back-end websocket server for wowlet.
- Quart web framework, Py3 asyncio
- Redis
See also the environment variables WOWLET_COIN_NAME, WOWLET_COIN_SYMBOL, etc. in settings.py.
Tasks
This websocket server has several scheduled recurring tasks:
- Fetch latest blockheight from various block explorers
- Fetch crypto/fiat exchange rates
- Fetch latest Reddit posts
- Fetch funding proposals
- Check status of RPC nodes (data/nodes.json)
When Wowlet (the wallet application) starts up, it will connect to this websocket server and receive the information listed above which is necessary for normal operation.
See wowlet_backend.tasks.* for the various tasks.
Development
Requires Python 3.7 and higher.
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
export WOWLET_DEBUG=true
python run.py
Note that run.py is meant as a development server. For production,
use asgi.py with something like hypercorn.
Docker
In production you may run via docker;
docker-compose up
Will bind on http://127.0.0.1:1337. Modify docker-compose.yml if necessary.