ASGI message endpoint

django_unicorn/templates/unicorn/scripts.html

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 <script src="{% static 'js/unicorn.min.js' %}"></script>
 
 <script>
+    {% if IS_ASGI %}
+    var url = "{% url 'django_unicorn:message_async' %}";
+    {% else %}
     var url = "{% url 'django_unicorn:message' %}";
+    {% endif %}
     Unicorn.init(url);
 </script>
 {% else %}
@@ -14,7 +18,11 @@
     // Set Unicorn to the global so it can be used by components
     window.Unicorn = Unicorn;
 
+    {% if IS_ASGI %}
+    var url = "{% url 'django_unicorn:message_async' %}";
+    {% else %}
     var url = "{% url 'django_unicorn:message' %}";
+    {% endif %}
     Unicorn.init(url);
 </script>
 {% endif %}

django_unicorn/templatetags/unicorn.py

@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@
 
 @register.inclusion_tag("unicorn/scripts.html")
 def unicorn_scripts():
-    return {"MINIFIED": get_setting("MINIFIED", not settings.DEBUG)}
+    return {
+        "MINIFIED": get_setting("MINIFIED", not settings.DEBUG),
+        "IS_ASGI": hasattr(settings, "ASGI_APPLICATION")
+        and bool(settings.ASGI_APPLICATION)
+        and (
+            not hasattr(settings, "WSGI_APPLICATION")
+            or not bool(settings.WSGI_APPLICATION)
+        ),
+    }
 
 
 @register.inclusion_tag("unicorn/errors.html", takes_context=True)

django_unicorn/urls.py

@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 
 urlpatterns = (
     re_path("message/(?P<component_name>[\w/\.-]+)", views.message, name="message"),
-    path(
-        "message", views.message, name="message"
-    ),  # Only here to build the correct url in scripts.html
+    re_path(
+        "message-async/(?P<component_name>[\w/\.-]+)",
+        views.message_async,
+        name="message_async",
+    ),
+    # Only here to build the correct url in scripts.html
+    path("message", views.message, name="message"),
+    path("message-async", views.message_async, name="message_async"),
 )

django_unicorn/views.py

@@ -422,3 +422,9 @@ def message(request: HttpRequest, component_name: str = None) -> JsonResponse:
         )
 
     return JsonResponse(res)
+
+
+async def message_async(
+    request: HttpRequest, component_name: str = None
+) -> JsonResponse:
+    return message(request, component_name)

example/project/asgi.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "project.settings")
+
+application = get_asgi_application()

example/project/settings.py

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 ]
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = "project.wsgi.application"
+ASGI_APPLICATION = (
+    "project.asgi.application"  # need to comment out WSGI_APPLICATION to enable ASGI
+)
 
 
 DATABASES = {