Merge pull request #191 from tiqi-group/fix/client_context_manager

Fix: client context manager
client: adds ctx manager tests
2025-12-19 12:41:19 +01:00 · 2024-12-02 15:07:07 +01:00 · 2024-12-02 14:59:35 +01:00 · 2024-12-02 14:59:35 +01:00 · 2024-12-02 14:58:55 +01:00 · 2024-12-02 14:57:23 +01:00
36 changed files with 1538 additions and 203 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--introduction-start-->
-# pydase <!-- omit from toc -->
+![pydase Banner](./docs/images/logo-with-text.png)

 [![Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pydase?style=flat)](https://pypi.org/project/pydase/)
 [![Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pydase)](https://pypi.org/project/pydase/)
@@ -184,44 +184,41 @@ For more information, see [here][RESTful API].

 ## Configuring pydase via Environment Variables

-Configuring `pydase` through environment variables enhances flexibility, security, and reusability. This approach allows for easy adaptation of services across different environments without code changes, promoting scalability and maintainability. With that, it simplifies deployment processes and facilitates centralized configuration management. Moreover, environment variables enable separation of configuration from code, aiding in secure and collaborative development.
+`pydase` services work out of the box without requiring any configuration. However, you
+might want to change some options, such as the web server port or logging level. To 
+accommodate such customizations, `pydase` allows configuration through environment 
+variables, such as:

-`pydase` offers various configurable options:
+- **`ENVIRONMENT`**:  
+  Defines the operation mode (`"development"` or `"production"`), which influences 
+  behaviour such as logging (see [Logging in pydase](#logging-in-pydase)).

- **`ENVIRONMENT`**: Sets the operation mode to either "development" or "production". Affects logging behaviour (see [logging section](#logging-in-pydase)).
- **`SERVICE_CONFIG_DIR`**: Specifies the directory for service configuration files, like `web_settings.json`. This directory can also be used to hold user-defined configuration files. Default is the `config` folder in the service root folder. The variable can be accessed through:
+- **`SERVICE_CONFIG_DIR`**:  
+  Specifies the directory for configuration files (e.g., `web_settings.json`). Defaults
+  to the `config` folder in the service root. Access this programmatically using:

    ```python
    import pydase.config
    pydase.config.ServiceConfig().config_dir
    ```

- **`SERVICE_WEB_PORT`**: Defines the port number for the web server. This has to be different for each services running on the same host. Default is 8001.
- **`GENERATE_WEB_SETTINGS`**: When set to true, generates / updates the `web_settings.json` file. If the file already exists, only new entries are appended.
+- **`SERVICE_WEB_PORT`**:  
+  Defines the web server’s port. Ensure each service on the same host uses a unique 
+  port. Default: `8001`.

-Some of those settings can also be altered directly in code when initializing the server: 
+- **`GENERATE_WEB_SETTINGS`**:  
+  When `true`, generates or updates the `web_settings.json` file. Existing entries are 
+  preserved, and new entries are appended.

-```python
-import pathlib
-
-from pydase import Server
-from your_service_module import YourService
-
-
-server = Server(
-    YourService(),
-    web_port=8080,
-    config_dir=pathlib.Path("other_config_dir"),  # note that you need to provide an argument of type pathlib.Path
-    generate_web_settings=True
-).run()
-```
+For more information, see [Configuring pydase](https://pydase.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-guide/Configuration/).

 ## Customizing the Web Interface

 `pydase` allows you to enhance the user experience by customizing the web interface's appearance through

 1. a custom CSS file, and
-2. tailoring the frontend component layout and display style.
+2. a custom favicon image, and
+3. tailoring the frontend component layout and display style.

 You can also provide a custom frontend source if you need even more flexibility.

@@ -280,6 +277,7 @@ We welcome contributions! Please see [contributing.md](https://pydase.readthedoc

 `pydase` is licensed under the [MIT License][License].

+[pydase Banner]: ./docs/images/logo-with-text.png
 [License]: ./LICENSE
 [Observer Pattern]: https://pydase.readthedocs.io/en/docs/dev-guide/Observer_Pattern_Implementation/
 [Service Persistence]: https://pydase.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-guide/Service_Persistence
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   end="<!--introduction-end-->"
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+[pydase Banner]: ./images/logo-with-text.png
 [License]: ./about/license.md
 [Observer Pattern]: ./dev-guide/Observer_Pattern_Implementation.md
 [Service Persistence]: ./user-guide/Service_Persistence.md
--- a/docs/user-guide/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/Configuration.md
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+
+# Configuring `pydase`
+
+## Do I Need to Configure My `pydase` Service?
+
+`pydase` services work out of the box without requiring any configuration. However, you
+might want to change some options, such as the web server port or logging level. To 
+accommodate such customizations, `pydase` allows configuration through environment 
+variables - avoiding hard-coded settings in your service code.
+
+Why should you avoid hard-coding configurations? Here are two reasons:
+
+1. **Security**:  
+    Protect sensitive information, such as usernames and passwords. By using environment
+    variables, your service code can remain public while keeping private information 
+    secure.
+
+2. **Reusability**:  
+    Services often need to be reused in different environments. For example, you might
+    deploy multiple instances of a service (e.g., for different sensors in a lab). By 
+    separating configuration from code, you can adapt the service to new requirements 
+    without modifying its codebase.
+
+Next, we’ll walk you through the environment variables `pydase` supports and provide an
+example of how to separate service code from configuration.
+
+## Configuring `pydase` Using Environment Variables
+
+`pydase` provides the following environment variables for customization:
+
+- **`ENVIRONMENT`**:  
+  Defines the operation mode (`"development"` or `"production"`), which influences 
+  behaviour such as logging (see [Logging in pydase](https://github.com/tiqi-group/pydase?tab=readme-ov-file#logging-in-pydase)).
+
+- **`SERVICE_CONFIG_DIR`**:  
+  Specifies the directory for configuration files (e.g., `web_settings.json`). Defaults
+  to the `config` folder in the service root. Access this programmatically using:
+
+    ```python
+    import pydase.config
+    pydase.config.ServiceConfig().config_dir
+    ```
+
+- **`SERVICE_WEB_PORT`**:  
+  Defines the web server’s port. Ensure each service on the same host uses a unique 
+  port. Default: `8001`.
+
+- **`GENERATE_WEB_SETTINGS`**:  
+  When `true`, generates or updates the `web_settings.json` file. Existing entries are 
+  preserved, and new entries are appended.
+
+### Configuring `pydase` via Keyword Arguments
+
+Some settings can also be overridden directly in your service code using keyword 
+arguments when initializing the server. This allows for flexibility in code-based 
+configuration:
+
+```python
+import pathlib
+from pydase import Server
+from your_service_module import YourService
+
+server = Server(
+    YourService(),
+    web_port=8080,                             # Overrides SERVICE_WEB_PORT
+    config_dir=pathlib.Path("custom_config"),  # Overrides SERVICE_CONFIG_DIR
+    generate_web_settings=True                 # Overrides GENERATE_WEB_SETTINGS
+).run()
+```
+
+## Separating Service Code from Configuration
+
+To decouple configuration from code, `pydase` utilizes `confz` for configuration 
+management. Below is an example that demonstrates how to configure a `pydase` service 
+for a sensor readout application.
+
+### Scenario: Configuring a Sensor Service
+
+Imagine you have multiple sensors distributed across your lab. You need to configure 
+each service instance with:
+
+1. **Hostname**: The hostname or IP address of the sensor.
+2. **Authentication Token**: A token or credentials to authenticate with the sensor.
+3. **Readout Interval**: A periodic interval to read sensor data and log it to a 
+  database.
+
+Given the repository structure:
+
+```bash title="Service Repository Structure"
+my_sensor
+├── pyproject.toml        
+├── README.md             
+└── src                   
+    └── my_sensor       
+        ├── my_sensor.py
+        ├── config.py     
+        ├── __init__.py   
+        └── __main__.py   
+```
+
+Your service might look like this:
+
+### Configuration
+
+Define the configuration using `confz`:
+
+```python title="src/my_sensor/config.py"
+import confz
+from pydase.config import ServiceConfig
+
+class MySensorConfig(confz.BaseConfig):
+    instance_name: str
+    hostname: str
+    auth_token: str
+    readout_interval_s: float
+
+    CONFIG_SOURCES = confz.FileSource(file=ServiceConfig().config_dir / "config.yaml")
+```
+
+This class defines configurable parameters and loads values from a `config.yaml` file
+located in the service’s configuration directory (which is configurable through an 
+environment variable, see [above](#configuring-pydase-using-environment-variables)).  
+A sample YAML file might look like this:
+
+```yaml title="config.yaml"
+instance_name: my-sensor-service-01
+hostname: my-sensor-01.example.com
+auth_token: my-secret-authentication-token
+readout_interval_s: 5
+```
+
+### Service Implementation
+
+Your service implementation might look like this:
+
+```python title="src/my_sensor/my_sensor.py"
+import asyncio
+import http.client
+import json
+import logging
+from typing import Any
+
+import pydase.components
+import pydase.units as u
+from pydase.task.decorator import task
+
+from my_sensor.config import MySensorConfig
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class MySensor(pydase.DataService):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.readout_interval_s: u.Quantity = (
+            MySensorConfig().readout_interval_s * u.units.s
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def hostname(self) -> str:
+        """Hostname of the sensor. Read-only."""
+        return MySensorConfig().hostname
+
+    def _get_data(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Fetches sensor data via an HTTP GET request. It passes the authentication 
+        token as "Authorization" header."""
+
+        connection = http.client.HTTPConnection(self.hostname, timeout=10)
+        connection.request(
+            "GET", "/", headers={"Authorization": MySensorConfig().auth_token}
+        )
+        response = connection.getresponse()
+        connection.close()
+
+        return json.loads(response.read())
+
+    @task(autostart=True)
+    async def get_and_log_sensor_values(self) -> None:
+        """Periodically fetches and logs sensor data."""
+        while True:
+            try:
+                data = self._get_data()
+                # Write data to database using MySensorConfig().instance_name ...
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(
+                    "Error occurred, retrying in %s seconds. Error: %s",
+                    self.readout_interval_s.m,
+                    e,
+                )
+            await asyncio.sleep(self.readout_interval_s.m)
+```
+
+### Starting the Service
+
+The service is launched via the `__main__.py` entry point:
+
+```python title="src/my_sensor/__main__.py"
+import pydase
+from my_sensor.my_sensor import MySensor
+
+pydase.Server(MySensor()).run()
+```
+
+You can now start the service with:
+
+```bash
+python -m my_sensor
+```
+
+This approach ensures the service is fully configured via the `config.yaml` file,
+separating service logic from configuration.
--- a/docs/user-guide/advanced/Reverse-Proxy.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/advanced/Reverse-Proxy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Deploying Services Behind a Reverse Proxy
+
+In some environments, you may need to deploy your services behind a reverse proxy. Typically, this involves adding a CNAME record for your service that points to the reverse proxy in your DNS server. The proxy then routes requests to the `pydase` backend on the appropriate web server port.
+
+However, in scenarios where you don’t control the DNS server, or where adding new CNAME records is time-consuming, `pydase` supports **service multiplexing** using a path prefix. This means multiple services can be hosted on a single CNAME (e.g., `services.example.com`), with each service accessible through a unique path such as `services.example.com/my-service`.
+
+To ensure seamless operation, the reverse proxy must strip the path prefix (e.g., `/my-service`) from the request URL and forward it as the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` header. `pydase` then uses this header to dynamically adjust the frontend paths, ensuring all resources are correctly located.
+
+## Example Deployment with Traefik
+
+Below is an example setup using [Traefik](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/), a widely-used reverse proxy. This configuration demonstrates how to forward requests for a `pydase` service using a path prefix.
+
+### 1. Reverse Proxy Configuration
+
+Save the following configuration to a file (e.g., `/etc/traefik/dynamic_conf/my-service-config.yml`):
+
+```yaml
+http:
+  routers:
+    my-service-route:
+      rule: PathPrefix(`/my-service`)
+      entryPoints:
+        - web
+      service: my-service
+      middlewares:
+        - strip-prefix
+  services:
+    my-service:
+      loadBalancer:
+        servers:
+          - url: http://127.0.0.1:8001
+  middlewares:
+    strip-prefix:
+      stripprefix:
+        prefixes: /my-service
+```
+
+This configuration:
+
+- Routes requests with the path prefix `/my-service` to the `pydase` backend.
+- Strips the prefix (`/my-service`) from the request URL using the `stripprefix` middleware.
+- Forwards the stripped prefix as the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` header.
+
+### 2. Static Configuration for Traefik
+
+Ensure Traefik is set up to use the dynamic configuration. Add this to your Traefik static configuration (e.g., `/etc/traefik/traefik.yml`):
+
+```yaml
+providers:
+  file:
+    filename: /etc/traefik/dynamic_conf/my-service-config.yml
+entrypoints:
+  web:
+    address: ":80"
+```
+
+### 3. Accessing the Service
+
+Once configured, your `pydase` service will be accessible at `http://services.example.com/my-service`. The path prefix will be handled transparently by `pydase`, so you don’t need to make any changes to your application code or frontend resources.
--- a/docs/user-guide/interaction/Auto-generated
+++ b/docs/user-guide/interaction/Auto-generated
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ The frontend uses a component-based approach, representing various data types an
 `pydase` allows you to enhance the user experience by customizing the web interface's appearance through

 1. a custom CSS file, and
-2. tailoring the frontend component layout and display style.
+2. a custom favicon image, and
+3. tailoring the frontend component layout and display style.

 For more advanced customization, you can provide a completely custom frontend source.

@@ -51,6 +52,34 @@ This will apply the styles defined in `custom.css` to the web interface, allowin

 Please ensure that the CSS file path is accessible from the server's running location. Relative or absolute paths can be used depending on your setup.

+
+### Custom favicon image
+
+You can customize the favicon displayed in the browser tab by providing your own favicon image file during the server initialization.
+
+Here's how you can use this feature:
+
+1. Prepare your custom favicon image (e.g. a `.png` file).
+2. Pass the path to your favicon file as the `favicon_path` argument when initializing the `Server` class.
+
+Here’s an example:
+
+```python
+import pydase
+
+
+class MyService(pydase.DataService):
+    # ... your service definition ...
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    service = MyService()
+    pydase.Server(service, favicon_path="./my/local/my-favicon.png").run()
+```
+
+This will serve the specified image instead of the default `pydase` logo.
+
+
 ### Tailoring Frontend Component Layout

 You can customize the display names, visibility, and order of components via the `web_settings.json` file.
@@ -60,7 +89,7 @@ Each key in the file corresponds to the full access path of public attributes, p
 - **Control Component Visibility**: Utilize the `"display"` key-value pair to control whether a component is rendered in the frontend. Set the value to `true` to make the component visible or `false` to hide it.
 - **Adjustable Component Order**: The `"displayOrder"` values determine the order of components. Alter these values to rearrange the components as desired. The value defaults to [`Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/MAX_SAFE_INTEGER).

-The `web_settings.json` file will be stored in the directory specified by `SERVICE_CONFIG_DIR`. You can generate a `web_settings.json` file by setting the `GENERATE_WEB_SETTINGS` to `True`. For more information, see the [configuration section](#configuring-pydase-via-environment-variables).
+The `web_settings.json` file will be stored in the directory specified by the `SERVICE_CONFIG_DIR` environment variable. You can generate a `web_settings.json` file by setting the `GENERATE_WEB_SETTINGS` to `True`. For more information, see the [configuration section](../Configuration).

 For example, styling the following service 

--- a/docs/user-guide/interaction/Python
+++ b/docs/user-guide/interaction/Python
@@ -1,60 +1,86 @@
 # Python RPC Client

-You can connect to the service using the `pydase.Client`. Below is an example of how to establish a connection to a service and interact with it:
+The [`pydase.Client`][pydase.Client] allows you to connect to a remote `pydase` service using socket.io, facilitating interaction with the service as though it were running locally.
+
+## Basic Usage

 ```python
 import pydase

-# Replace the hostname and port with the IP address and the port of the machine where 
-# the service is running, respectively
+# Replace <ip_addr> and <service_port> with the appropriate values for your service
 client_proxy = pydase.Client(url="ws://<ip_addr>:<service_port>").proxy
-# client_proxy = pydase.Client(url="wss://your-domain.ch").proxy  # if your service uses ssl-encryption
+# For SSL-encrypted services, use the wss protocol
+# client_proxy = pydase.Client(url="wss://your-domain.ch").proxy

 # Interact with the service attributes as if they were local
 client_proxy.voltage = 5.0
 print(client_proxy.voltage)  # Expected output: 5.0
 ```

-This example demonstrates setting and retrieving the `voltage` attribute through the client proxy.
-The proxy acts as a local representative of the remote service, enabling straightforward interaction.
+This example shows how to set and retrieve the `voltage` attribute through the client proxy.
+The proxy acts as a local representation of the remote service, enabling intuitive interaction.

-The proxy class dynamically synchronizes with the server's exposed attributes. This synchronization allows the proxy to be automatically updated with any attributes or methods that the server exposes, essentially mirroring the server's API. This dynamic updating enables users to interact with the remote service as if they were working with a local object.
+The proxy class automatically synchronizes with the server's attributes and methods, keeping itself up-to-date with any changes. This dynamic synchronization essentially mirrors the server's API, making it feel like you're working with a local object.

-## Context Manager
+## Context Manager Support

-You can also use the client as a context manager which automatically opens and closes the connection again:
+You can also use the client within a context manager, which automatically handles connection management (i.e., opening and closing the connection):

 ```python
 import pydase


 with pydase.Client(url="ws://localhost:8001") as client:
-    client.proxy.<my_method>()
+    client.proxy.my_method()
 ```

+Using the context manager ensures that connections are cleanly closed once the block of code finishes executing.

 ## Tab Completion Support

-In interactive environments such as Python interpreters and Jupyter notebooks, the proxy class supports tab completion, which allows users to explore available methods and attributes.
+In interactive environments like Python interpreters or Jupyter notebooks, the proxy supports tab completion. This allows users to explore available methods and attributes.

-## Integration within Other Services
+## Integrating the Client into Another Service

-You can also integrate a client proxy within another service. Here's how you can set it up:
+You can integrate a `pydase` client proxy within another service. Here's an example of how to set this up:

 ```python
 import pydase

 class MyService(pydase.DataService):
-    # Initialize the client without blocking the constructor
-    proxy = pydase.Client(url="ws://<ip_addr>:<service_port>", block_until_connected=False).proxy
-    # proxy = pydase.Client(url="wss://your-domain.ch", block_until_connected=False).proxy  # communicating with ssl-encrypted service
+    proxy = pydase.Client(
+        url="ws://<ip_addr>:<service_port>",
+        block_until_connected=False
+    ).proxy
+    # For SSL-encrypted services, use the wss protocol
+    # proxy = pydase.Client(
+    #     url="wss://your-domain.ch",
+    #     block_until_connected=False
+    # ).proxy

 if __name__ == "__main__":
    service = MyService()
-    # Create a server that exposes this service; adjust the web_port as needed
-    server = pydase.Server(service, web_port=8002). run()
+    # Create a server that exposes this service
+    server = pydase.Server(service, web_port=8002).run()
 ```

-In this setup, the `MyService` class has a `proxy` attribute that connects to a `pydase` service located at `<ip_addr>:8001`.
-The `block_until_connected=False` argument allows the service to start up even if the initial connection attempt fails.
-This configuration is particularly useful in distributed systems where services may start in any order.
+In this example:
+- The `MyService` class has a `proxy` attribute that connects to a `pydase` service at `<ip_addr>:<service_port>`.
+- By setting `block_until_connected=False`, the service can start without waiting for the connection to succeed, which is particularly useful in distributed systems where services may initialize in any order.
+
+## Custom `socketio.AsyncClient` Connection Parameters
+
+You can also configure advanced connection options by passing additional arguments to the underlying [`AsyncClient`][socketio.AsyncClient] via `sio_client_kwargs`. This allows you to fine-tune reconnection behaviour, delays, and other settings:
+
+```python
+client = pydase.Client(
+    url="ws://localhost:8001",
+    sio_client_kwargs={
+        "reconnection_attempts": 3,
+        "reconnection_delay": 2,
+        "reconnection_delay_max": 10,
+    }
+).proxy
+```
+
+In this setup, the client will attempt to reconnect three times, with an initial delay of 2 seconds (each successive attempt doubles this delay) and a maximum delay of 10 seconds between attempts.
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -3,11 +3,18 @@

 <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.ico" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="theme-color" content="#000000" />
    <meta name="description" content="Web site displaying a pydase UI." />
 </head>

+<script>
+    // this will be set by the python backend if the service is behind a proxy which strips a prefix. The frontend can use this to build the paths to the resources.
+    window.__FORWARDED_PREFIX__ = "";
+    window.__FORWARDED_PROTO__ = "";
+</script>`
+
 <body>
    <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript>
    <div id="root"></div>
--- a/frontend/public/favicon.ico
+++ b/frontend/public/favicon.ico
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useReducer, useState } from "react";
 import { Navbar, Form, Offcanvas, Container } from "react-bootstrap";
-import { hostname, port, socket } from "./socket";
+import { authority, socket, forwardedProto } from "./socket";
 import "./App.css";
 import {
  Notifications,
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ const App = () => {

  useEffect(() => {
    // Allow the user to add a custom css file
-    fetch(`http://${hostname}:${port}/custom.css`)
+    fetch(`${forwardedProto}://${authority}/custom.css`, { credentials: "include" })
      .then((response) => {
        if (response.ok) {
          // If the file exists, create a link element for the custom CSS
          const link = document.createElement("link");
-          link.href = `http://${hostname}:${port}/custom.css`;
+          link.href = `${forwardedProto}://${authority}/custom.css`;
          link.type = "text/css";
          link.rel = "stylesheet";
          document.head.appendChild(link);
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ const App = () => {

    socket.on("connect", () => {
      // Fetch data from the API when the client connects
-      fetch(`http://${hostname}:${port}/service-properties`)
+      fetch(`${forwardedProto}://${authority}/service-properties`, {
+        credentials: "include",
+      })
        .then((response) => response.json())
        .then((data: State) => {
          dispatch({ type: "SET_DATA", data });
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ const App = () => {

          document.title = data.name; // Setting browser tab title
        });
-      fetch(`http://${hostname}:${port}/web-settings`)
+      fetch(`${forwardedProto}://${authority}/web-settings`, { credentials: "include" })
        .then((response) => response.json())
        .then((data: Record<string, WebSetting>) => setWebSettings(data));
      setConnectionStatus("connected");
--- a/frontend/src/socket.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/socket.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,29 @@ import { io } from "socket.io-client";
 import { serializeDict, serializeList } from "./utils/serializationUtils";
 import { SerializedObject } from "./types/SerializedObject";

-export const hostname =
+const hostname =
  process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? `localhost` : window.location.hostname;
-export const port =
-  process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? 8001 : window.location.port;
-const URL = `ws://${hostname}:${port}/`;
-console.debug("Websocket: ", URL);
+const port = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? 8001 : window.location.port;

-export const socket = io(URL, { path: "/ws/socket.io", transports: ["websocket"] });
+// Get the forwarded prefix from the global variable
+export const forwardedPrefix: string =
+  (window as any) /* eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+    .__FORWARDED_PREFIX__ || "";
+// Get the forwarded protocol type from the global variable
+export const forwardedProto: string =
+  (window as any) /* eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+    .__FORWARDED_PROTO__ || "http";
+
+export const authority = `${hostname}:${port}${forwardedPrefix}`;
+
+const wsProto = forwardedProto === "http" ? "ws" : "wss";
+
+const URL = `${wsProto}://${hostname}:${port}/`;
+console.debug("Websocket: ", URL);
+export const socket = io(URL, {
+  path: `${forwardedPrefix}/ws/socket.io`,
+  transports: ["websocket"],
+});

 export const updateValue = (
  serializedObject: SerializedObject,
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ nav:
    - Understanding Tasks: user-guide/Tasks.md
    - Understanding Units: user-guide/Understanding-Units.md
    - Validating Property Setters: user-guide/Validating-Property-Setters.md
+    - Configuring pydase: user-guide/Configuration.md
+    - Advanced:
+        - Deploying behind a Reverse Proxy: user-guide/advanced/Reverse-Proxy.md
  - Developer Guide: 
    - Developer Guide: dev-guide/README.md
    - API Reference: dev-guide/api.md
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ nav:
    - License: about/license.md

 theme: 
+  logo: images/logo-colour.png
  name: material
  features:
    - content.code.copy
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ plugins:
          - https://docs.python.org/3/objects.inv
          - https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/objects.inv
          - https://confz.readthedocs.io/en/latest/objects.inv
+          - https://python-socketio.readthedocs.io/en/stable/objects.inv
        options:
          show_source: true
          inherited_members: true
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.

 [[package]]
 name = "aiohappyeyeballs"
@@ -149,6 +149,28 @@ files = [
    {file = "annotated_types-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aff07c09a53a08bc8cfccb9c85b05f1aa9a2a6f23728d790723543408344ce89"},
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "anyio"
+version = "4.6.0"
+description = "High level compatibility layer for multiple asynchronous event loop implementations"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
+files = [
+    {file = "anyio-4.6.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c7d2e9d63e31599eeb636c8c5c03a7e108d73b345f064f1c19fdc87b79036a9a"},
+    {file = "anyio-4.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:137b4559cbb034c477165047febb6ff83f390fc3b20bf181c1fc0a728cb8beeb"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+exceptiongroup = {version = ">=1.0.2", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+idna = ">=2.8"
+sniffio = ">=1.1"
+typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.1", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+doc = ["Sphinx (>=7.4,<8.0)", "packaging", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.2.0)", "sphinx-rtd-theme"]
+test = ["anyio[trio]", "coverage[toml] (>=7)", "exceptiongroup (>=1.2.0)", "hypothesis (>=4.0)", "psutil (>=5.9)", "pytest (>=7.0)", "pytest-mock (>=3.6.1)", "trustme", "uvloop (>=0.21.0b1)"]
+trio = ["trio (>=0.26.1)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "appdirs"
 version = "1.4.4"
@@ -2244,6 +2266,17 @@ files = [
    {file = "six-1.16.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1e61c37477a1626458e36f7b1d82aa5c9b094fa4802892072e49de9c60c4c926"},
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "sniffio"
+version = "1.3.1"
+description = "Sniff out which async library your code is running under"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "sniffio-1.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2f6da418d1f1e0fddd844478f41680e794e6051915791a034ff65e5f100525a2"},
+    {file = "sniffio-1.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f4324edc670a0f49750a81b895f35c3adb843cca46f0530f79fc1babb23789dc"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "soupsieve"
 version = "2.5"
@@ -2496,4 +2529,4 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "7131eddc2065147a18c145bb6da09492f03eb7fe050e968109cecb6044d17ed6"
+content-hash = "011b118225386513fc1c953c02bc1d58e40c198313de2a1f76183dd61ab9eec6"
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pydase"
-version = "0.10.5"
+version = "0.10.7"
 description = "A flexible and robust Python library for creating, managing, and interacting with data services, with built-in support for web and RPC servers, and customizable features for diverse use cases."
 authors = ["Mose Mueller <mosmuell@ethz.ch>"]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ websocket-client = "^1.7.0"
 aiohttp = "^3.9.3"
 click = "^8.1.7"
 aiohttp-middlewares = "^2.3.0"
+anyio = "^4.6.0"

 [tool.poetry.group.dev]
 optional = true
--- a/src/pydase/client/client.py
+++ b/src/pydase/client/client.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 import sys
 import threading
-from typing import TypedDict, cast
+import urllib.parse
+from types import TracebackType
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TypedDict, cast

 import socketio  # type: ignore

-import pydase.components
-from pydase.client.proxy_loader import ProxyClassMixin, ProxyLoader
+from pydase.client.proxy_class import ProxyClass
+from pydase.client.proxy_loader import ProxyLoader
 from pydase.utils.serialization.deserializer import loads
 from pydase.utils.serialization.types import SerializedDataService, SerializedObject

@@ -34,47 +36,6 @@ def asyncio_loop_thread(loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop) -> None:
    loop.run_forever()


-class ProxyClass(ProxyClassMixin, pydase.components.DeviceConnection):
-    """
-    A proxy class that serves as the interface for interacting with device connections
-    via a socket.io client in an asyncio environment.
-
-    Args:
-        sio_client:
-            The socket.io client instance used for asynchronous communication with the
-            pydase service server.
-        loop:
-            The event loop in which the client operations are managed and executed.
-
-    This class is used to create a proxy object that behaves like a local representation
-    of a remote pydase service, facilitating direct interaction as if it were local
-    while actually communicating over network protocols.
-    It can also be used as an attribute of a pydase service itself, e.g.
-
-    ```python
-    import pydase
-
-
-    class MyService(pydase.DataService):
-        proxy = pydase.Client(
-            hostname="...", port=8001, block_until_connected=False
-        ).proxy
-
-
-    if __name__ == "__main__":
-        service = MyService()
-        server = pydase.Server(service, web_port=8002).run()
-    ```
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self, sio_client: socketio.AsyncClient, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop
-    ) -> None:
-        super().__init__()
-        pydase.components.DeviceConnection.__init__(self)
-        self._initialise(sio_client=sio_client, loop=loop)
-
-
 class Client:
    """
    A client for connecting to a remote pydase service using socket.io. This client
@@ -86,15 +47,35 @@ class Client:
        url:
            The URL of the pydase Socket.IO server. This should always contain the
            protocol and the hostname.
-
-            Examples:
-
-            - `wss://my-service.example.com`  # for secure connections, use wss
-            - `ws://localhost:8001`
        block_until_connected:
            If set to True, the constructor will block until the connection to the
            service has been established. This is useful for ensuring the client is
            ready to use immediately after instantiation. Default is True.
+        sio_client_kwargs:
+            Additional keyword arguments passed to the underlying
+            [`AsyncClient`][socketio.AsyncClient]. This allows fine-tuning of the
+            client's behaviour (e.g., reconnection attempts or reconnection delay).
+            Default is an empty dictionary.
+
+    Example:
+        The following example demonstrates a `Client` instance that connects to another
+        pydase service, while customising some of the connection settings for the
+        underlying [`AsyncClient`][socketio.AsyncClient].
+
+        ```python
+        pydase.Client(url="ws://localhost:8001", sio_client_kwargs={
+            "reconnection_attempts": 2,
+            "reconnection_delay": 2,
+            "reconnection_delay_max": 8,
+        })
+        ```
+
+        When connecting to a server over a secure connection (i.e., the server is using
+        SSL/TLS encryption), make sure that the `wss` protocol is used instead of `ws`:
+
+        ```python
+        pydase.Client(url="wss://my-service.example.com")
+        ```
    """

    def __init__(
@@ -102,11 +83,24 @@ class Client:
        *,
        url: str,
        block_until_connected: bool = True,
+        sio_client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {},
    ):
+        # Parse the URL to separate base URL and path prefix
+        parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
+
+        # Construct the base URL without the path
+        self._base_url = urllib.parse.urlunparse(
+            (parsed_url.scheme, parsed_url.netloc, "", "", "", "")
+        )
+
+        # Store the path prefix (e.g., "/service" in "ws://localhost:8081/service")
+        self._path_prefix = parsed_url.path.rstrip("/")  # Remove trailing slash if any
        self._url = url
-        self._sio = socketio.AsyncClient()
+        self._sio = socketio.AsyncClient(**sio_client_kwargs)
        self._loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-        self.proxy = ProxyClass(sio_client=self._sio, loop=self._loop)
+        self.proxy = ProxyClass(
+            sio_client=self._sio, loop=self._loop, reconnect=self.connect
+        )
        """A proxy object representing the remote service, facilitating interaction as
        if it were local."""
        self._thread = threading.Thread(
@@ -116,10 +110,14 @@ class Client:
        self.connect(block_until_connected=block_until_connected)

    def __enter__(self) -> Self:
-        self.connect(block_until_connected=True)
        return self

-    def __del__(self) -> None:
+    def __exit__(
+        self,
+        exc_type: type[BaseException] | None,
+        exc_val: BaseException | None,
+        exc_tb: TracebackType | None,
+    ) -> None:
        self.disconnect()

    def connect(self, block_until_connected: bool = True) -> None:
@@ -139,8 +137,8 @@ class Client:
        logger.debug("Connecting to server '%s' ...", self._url)
        await self._setup_events()
        await self._sio.connect(
-            self._url,
-            socketio_path="/ws/socket.io",
+            self._base_url,
+            socketio_path=f"{self._path_prefix}/ws/socket.io",
            transports=["websocket"],
            retry=True,
        )
@@ -162,7 +160,13 @@ class Client:
            self.proxy, serialized_object=serialized_object
        )
        serialized_object["type"] = "DeviceConnection"
-        self.proxy._notify_changed("", loads(serialized_object))
+        if self.proxy._service_representation is not None:
+            # need to use object.__setattr__ to not trigger an observer notification
+            object.__setattr__(self.proxy, "_service_representation", serialized_object)
+
+            if TYPE_CHECKING:
+                self.proxy._service_representation = serialized_object  # type: ignore
+        self.proxy._notify_changed("", self.proxy)
        self.proxy._connected = True

    async def _handle_disconnect(self) -> None:
--- a/src/pydase/client/proxy_class.py
+++ b/src/pydase/client/proxy_class.py
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from copy import deepcopy
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
+
+import socketio  # type: ignore
+
+import pydase.components
+from pydase.client.proxy_loader import ProxyClassMixin
+from pydase.utils.helpers import get_attribute_doc
+from pydase.utils.serialization.types import SerializedDataService, SerializedObject
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ProxyClass(ProxyClassMixin, pydase.components.DeviceConnection):
+    """
+    A proxy class that serves as the interface for interacting with device connections
+    via a socket.io client in an asyncio environment.
+
+    Args:
+        sio_client:
+            The socket.io client instance used for asynchronous communication with the
+            pydase service server.
+        loop:
+            The event loop in which the client operations are managed and executed.
+        reconnect:
+            The method that is called periodically when the client is not connected.
+
+    This class is used to create a proxy object that behaves like a local representation
+    of a remote pydase service, facilitating direct interaction as if it were local
+    while actually communicating over network protocols.
+    It can also be used as an attribute of a pydase service itself, e.g.
+
+    ```python
+    import pydase
+
+
+    class MyService(pydase.DataService):
+        proxy = pydase.Client(
+            hostname="...", port=8001, block_until_connected=False
+        ).proxy
+
+
+    if __name__ == "__main__":
+        service = MyService()
+        server = pydase.Server(service, web_port=8002).run()
+    ```
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        sio_client: socketio.AsyncClient,
+        loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
+        reconnect: Callable[..., None],
+    ) -> None:
+        if TYPE_CHECKING:
+            self._service_representation: None | SerializedObject = None
+
+        super().__init__()
+        pydase.components.DeviceConnection.__init__(self)
+        self._initialise(sio_client=sio_client, loop=loop)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_service_representation", None)
+        self.reconnect = reconnect
+
+    def serialize(self) -> SerializedObject:
+        if self._service_representation is None:
+            serialization_future = cast(
+                asyncio.Future[SerializedDataService],
+                asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
+                    self._sio.call("service_serialization"), self._loop
+                ),
+            )
+            # need to use object.__setattr__ to not trigger an observer notification
+            object.__setattr__(
+                self, "_service_representation", serialization_future.result()
+            )
+            if TYPE_CHECKING:
+                self._service_representation = serialization_future.result()
+
+        device_connection_value = cast(
+            dict[str, SerializedObject],
+            pydase.components.DeviceConnection().serialize()["value"],
+        )
+
+        readonly = False
+        doc = get_attribute_doc(self)
+        obj_name = self.__class__.__name__
+
+        value = {
+            **cast(
+                dict[str, SerializedObject],
+                # need to deepcopy to not overwrite the _service_representation dict
+                # when adding a prefix with add_prefix_to_full_access_path
+                deepcopy(self._service_representation["value"]),
+            ),
+            **device_connection_value,
+        }
+
+        return {
+            "full_access_path": "",
+            "name": obj_name,
+            "type": "DeviceConnection",
+            "value": value,
+            "readonly": readonly,
+            "doc": doc,
+        }
+
+    def connect(self) -> None:
+        if not self._sio.reconnection or self._sio.reconnection_attempts > 0:
+            self.reconnect(block_until_connected=False)
--- a/src/pydase/client/proxy_loader.py
+++ b/src/pydase/client/proxy_loader.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from copy import copy
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast

 import socketio  # type: ignore
@@ -202,25 +201,8 @@ class ProxyClassMixin:
    def _handle_serialized_method(
        self, attr_name: str, serialized_object: SerializedObject
    ) -> None:
-        def add_prefix_to_last_path_element(s: str, prefix: str) -> str:
-            parts = s.split(".")
-            parts[-1] = f"{prefix}_{parts[-1]}"
-            return ".".join(parts)
-
        if serialized_object["type"] == "method":
-            if serialized_object["async"] is True:
-                start_method = copy(serialized_object)
-                start_method["full_access_path"] = add_prefix_to_last_path_element(
-                    start_method["full_access_path"], "start"
-                )
-                stop_method = copy(serialized_object)
-                stop_method["full_access_path"] = add_prefix_to_last_path_element(
-                    stop_method["full_access_path"], "stop"
-                )
-                self._add_method_proxy(f"start_{attr_name}", start_method)
-                self._add_method_proxy(f"stop_{attr_name}", stop_method)
-            else:
-                self._add_method_proxy(attr_name, serialized_object)
+            self._add_method_proxy(attr_name, serialized_object)

    def _add_method_proxy(
        self, attr_name: str, serialized_object: SerializedObject
--- a/src/pydase/data_service/data_service.py
+++ b/src/pydase/data_service/data_service.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import inspect
 import logging
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any

@@ -68,7 +69,18 @@ class DataService(AbstractDataService):

        if not issubclass(
            value_class,
-            (int | float | bool | str | list | dict | Enum | u.Quantity | Observable),
+            (
+                int
+                | float
+                | bool
+                | str
+                | list
+                | dict
+                | Enum
+                | u.Quantity
+                | Observable
+                | Callable
+            ),
        ) and not is_descriptor(__value):
            logger.warning(
                "Class '%s' does not inherit from DataService. This may lead to"
--- a/src/pydase/frontend/assets/index-BqF7l_R8.js
+++ b/src/pydase/frontend/assets/index-BqF7l_R8.js
--- a/src/pydase/frontend/favicon.ico
+++ b/src/pydase/frontend/favicon.ico
--- a/src/pydase/frontend/index.html
+++ b/src/pydase/frontend/index.html
@@ -3,13 +3,20 @@

 <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.ico" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="theme-color" content="#000000" />
    <meta name="description" content="Web site displaying a pydase UI." />
-  <script type="module" crossorigin src="/assets/index-BjsjosWf.js"></script>
+  <script type="module" crossorigin src="/assets/index-BqF7l_R8.js"></script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" crossorigin href="/assets/index-D2aktF3W.css">
 </head>

+<script>
+    // this will be set by the python backend if the service is behind a proxy which strips a prefix. The frontend can use this to build the paths to the resources.
+    window.__FORWARDED_PREFIX__ = "";
+    window.__FORWARDED_PROTO__ = "";
+</script>`
+
 <body>
    <noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript>
    <div id="root"></div>
--- a/src/pydase/server/web_server/api/v1/application.py
+++ b/src/pydase/server/web_server/api/v1/application.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import inspect
 import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

@@ -7,9 +8,11 @@ import aiohttp_middlewares.error
 from pydase.data_service.state_manager import StateManager
 from pydase.server.web_server.api.v1.endpoints import (
    get_value,
+    trigger_async_method,
    trigger_method,
    update_value,
 )
+from pydase.utils.helpers import get_object_attr_from_path
 from pydase.utils.serialization.serializer import dump

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -17,54 +20,79 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

-API_VERSION = "v1"
-
 STATUS_OK = 200
 STATUS_FAILED = 400


+async def _get_value(
+    state_manager: StateManager, request: aiohttp.web.Request
+) -> aiohttp.web.Response:
+    logger.info("Handle api request: %s", request)
+
+    access_path = request.rel_url.query["access_path"]
+
+    status = STATUS_OK
+    try:
+        result = get_value(state_manager, access_path)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.exception(e)
+        result = dump(e)
+        status = STATUS_FAILED
+    return aiohttp.web.json_response(result, status=status)
+
+
+async def _update_value(
+    state_manager: StateManager, request: aiohttp.web.Request
+) -> aiohttp.web.Response:
+    data: UpdateDict = await request.json()
+
+    try:
+        update_value(state_manager, data)
+
+        return aiohttp.web.json_response()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.exception(e)
+        return aiohttp.web.json_response(dump(e), status=STATUS_FAILED)
+
+
+async def _trigger_method(
+    state_manager: StateManager, request: aiohttp.web.Request
+) -> aiohttp.web.Response:
+    data: TriggerMethodDict = await request.json()
+
+    method = get_object_attr_from_path(state_manager.service, data["access_path"])
+
+    try:
+        if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(method):
+            method_return = await trigger_async_method(
+                state_manager=state_manager, data=data
+            )
+        else:
+            method_return = trigger_method(state_manager=state_manager, data=data)
+
+        return aiohttp.web.json_response(method_return)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.exception(e)
+        return aiohttp.web.json_response(dump(e), status=STATUS_FAILED)
+
+
 def create_api_application(state_manager: StateManager) -> aiohttp.web.Application:
    api_application = aiohttp.web.Application(
        middlewares=(aiohttp_middlewares.error.error_middleware(),)
    )

-    async def _get_value(request: aiohttp.web.Request) -> aiohttp.web.Response:
-        logger.info("Handle api request: %s", request)
-
-        access_path = request.rel_url.query["access_path"]
-
-        status = STATUS_OK
-        try:
-            result = get_value(state_manager, access_path)
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.exception(e)
-            result = dump(e)
-            status = STATUS_FAILED
-        return aiohttp.web.json_response(result, status=status)
-
-    async def _update_value(request: aiohttp.web.Request) -> aiohttp.web.Response:
-        data: UpdateDict = await request.json()
-
-        try:
-            update_value(state_manager, data)
-
-            return aiohttp.web.json_response()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.exception(e)
-            return aiohttp.web.json_response(dump(e), status=STATUS_FAILED)
-
-    async def _trigger_method(request: aiohttp.web.Request) -> aiohttp.web.Response:
-        data: TriggerMethodDict = await request.json()
-
-        try:
-            return aiohttp.web.json_response(trigger_method(state_manager, data))
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.exception(e)
-            return aiohttp.web.json_response(dump(e), status=STATUS_FAILED)
-
-    api_application.router.add_get("/get_value", _get_value)
-    api_application.router.add_put("/update_value", _update_value)
-    api_application.router.add_put("/trigger_method", _trigger_method)
+    api_application.router.add_get(
+        "/get_value",
+        lambda request: _get_value(state_manager=state_manager, request=request),
+    )
+    api_application.router.add_put(
+        "/update_value",
+        lambda request: _update_value(state_manager=state_manager, request=request),
+    )
+    api_application.router.add_put(
+        "/trigger_method",
+        lambda request: _trigger_method(state_manager=state_manager, request=request),
+    )

    return api_application
--- a/src/pydase/server/web_server/api/v1/endpoints.py
+++ b/src/pydase/server/web_server/api/v1/endpoints.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any

 import pydase.utils.serialization.deserializer
 import pydase.utils.serialization.serializer
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ from pydase.server.web_server.sio_setup import TriggerMethodDict, UpdateDict
 from pydase.utils.helpers import get_object_attr_from_path
 from pydase.utils.serialization.types import SerializedObject

+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+
 loads = pydase.utils.serialization.deserializer.loads
 Serializer = pydase.utils.serialization.serializer.Serializer

@@ -36,3 +39,19 @@ def trigger_method(state_manager: StateManager, data: TriggerMethodDict) -> Any:
    kwargs: dict[str, Any] = loads(serialized_kwargs) if serialized_kwargs else {}

    return Serializer.serialize_object(method(*args, **kwargs))
+
+
+async def trigger_async_method(
+    state_manager: StateManager, data: TriggerMethodDict
+) -> Any:
+    method: Callable[..., Awaitable[Any]] = get_object_attr_from_path(
+        state_manager.service, data["access_path"]
+    )
+
+    serialized_args = data.get("args", None)
+    args = loads(serialized_args) if serialized_args else []
+
+    serialized_kwargs = data.get("kwargs", None)
+    kwargs: dict[str, Any] = loads(serialized_kwargs) if serialized_kwargs else {}
+
+    return Serializer.serialize_object(await method(*args, **kwargs))
--- a/src/pydase/server/web_server/sio_setup.py
+++ b/src/pydase/server/web_server/sio_setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import asyncio
+import inspect
 import logging
 import sys
 from typing import Any, TypedDict

+from pydase.utils.helpers import get_object_attr_from_path
+
 if sys.version_info < (3, 11):
    from typing_extensions import NotRequired
 else:
@@ -11,11 +14,11 @@ else:
 import click
 import socketio  # type: ignore[import-untyped]

-import pydase.server.web_server.api.v1.endpoints
 import pydase.utils.serialization.deserializer
 import pydase.utils.serialization.serializer
 from pydase.data_service.data_service_observer import DataServiceObserver
 from pydase.data_service.state_manager import StateManager
+from pydase.server.web_server.api.v1 import endpoints
 from pydase.utils.logging import SocketIOHandler
 from pydase.utils.serialization.serializer import SerializedObject

@@ -155,9 +158,7 @@ def setup_sio_events(sio: socketio.AsyncServer, state_manager: StateManager) ->
    @sio.event
    async def update_value(sid: str, data: UpdateDict) -> SerializedObject | None:
        try:
-            pydase.server.web_server.api.v1.endpoints.update_value(
-                state_manager=state_manager, data=data
-            )
+            endpoints.update_value(state_manager=state_manager, data=data)
        except Exception as e:
            logger.exception(e)
            return dump(e)
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ def setup_sio_events(sio: socketio.AsyncServer, state_manager: StateManager) ->
    @sio.event
    async def get_value(sid: str, access_path: str) -> SerializedObject:
        try:
-            return pydase.server.web_server.api.v1.endpoints.get_value(
+            return endpoints.get_value(
                state_manager=state_manager, access_path=access_path
            )
        except Exception as e:
@@ -175,10 +176,14 @@ def setup_sio_events(sio: socketio.AsyncServer, state_manager: StateManager) ->

    @sio.event
    async def trigger_method(sid: str, data: TriggerMethodDict) -> Any:
+        method = get_object_attr_from_path(state_manager.service, data["access_path"])
+
        try:
-            return pydase.server.web_server.api.v1.endpoints.trigger_method(
-                state_manager=state_manager, data=data
-            )
+            if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(method):
+                return await endpoints.trigger_async_method(
+                    state_manager=state_manager, data=data
+                )
+            return endpoints.trigger_method(state_manager=state_manager, data=data)
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(e)
            return dump(e)
--- a/src/pydase/server/web_server/web_server.py
+++ b/src/pydase/server/web_server/web_server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+import html
 import json
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ from typing import Any

 import aiohttp.web
 import aiohttp_middlewares.cors
+import anyio

 from pydase.config import ServiceConfig, WebServerConfig
 from pydase.data_service.data_service_observer import DataServiceObserver
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ from pydase.utils.helpers import (
 from pydase.utils.serialization.serializer import generate_serialized_data_paths

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-API_VERSION = "v1"


 class WebServer:
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ class WebServer:
        css:
            Path to a custom CSS file for styling the frontend. If None, no custom
            styles are applied. Defaults to None.
+        favicon_path:
+            Path to a custom favicon.ico file. Defaults to None.
        enable_cors:
            Flag to enable or disable CORS policy. When True, CORS is enabled, allowing
            cross-origin requests. Defaults to True.
@@ -77,7 +80,9 @@ class WebServer:
        data_service_observer: DataServiceObserver,
        host: str,
        port: int,
+        *,
        css: str | Path | None = None,
+        favicon_path: str | Path | None = None,
        enable_cors: bool = True,
        config_dir: Path = ServiceConfig().config_dir,
        generate_web_settings: bool = WebServerConfig().generate_web_settings,
@@ -91,6 +96,11 @@ class WebServer:
        self.css = css
        self.enable_cors = enable_cors
        self.frontend_src = frontend_src
+        self.favicon_path: Path | str = favicon_path  # type: ignore
+
+        if self.favicon_path is None:
+            self.favicon_path = self.frontend_src / "favicon.ico"
+
        self._service_config_dir = config_dir
        self._generate_web_settings = generate_web_settings
        self._loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop
@@ -100,7 +110,49 @@ class WebServer:
        self._loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
        self._sio = setup_sio_server(self.observer, self.enable_cors, self._loop)

-        async def index(request: aiohttp.web.Request) -> aiohttp.web.FileResponse:
+        async def index(
+            request: aiohttp.web.Request,
+        ) -> aiohttp.web.Response | aiohttp.web.FileResponse:
+            forwarded_proto = request.headers.get("X-Forwarded-Proto", "http")
+            escaped_proto = html.escape(forwarded_proto)
+
+            # Read the index.html file
+            index_file_path = self.frontend_src / "index.html"
+
+            async with await anyio.open_file(index_file_path) as f:
+                html_content = await f.read()
+
+            # Inject the escaped forwarded protocol into the HTML
+            modified_html = html_content.replace(
+                'window.__FORWARDED_PROTO__ = "";',
+                f'window.__FORWARDED_PROTO__ = "{escaped_proto}";',
+            )
+
+            # Read the X-Forwarded-Prefix header from the request
+            forwarded_prefix = request.headers.get("X-Forwarded-Prefix", "")
+
+            if forwarded_prefix != "":
+                # Escape the forwarded prefix to prevent XSS
+                escaped_prefix = html.escape(forwarded_prefix)
+
+                # Inject the escaped forwarded prefix into the HTML
+                modified_html = modified_html.replace(
+                    'window.__FORWARDED_PREFIX__ = "";',
+                    f'window.__FORWARDED_PREFIX__ = "{escaped_prefix}";',
+                )
+                modified_html = modified_html.replace(
+                    "/assets/",
+                    f"{escaped_prefix}/assets/",
+                )
+
+                modified_html = modified_html.replace(
+                    "/favicon.ico",
+                    f"{escaped_prefix}/favicon.ico",
+                )
+
+                return aiohttp.web.Response(
+                    text=modified_html, content_type="text/html"
+                )
            return aiohttp.web.FileResponse(self.frontend_src / "index.html")

        app = aiohttp.web.Application()
@@ -114,6 +166,7 @@ class WebServer:
        # Define routes
        self._sio.attach(app, socketio_path="/ws/socket.io")
        app.router.add_static("/assets", self.frontend_src / "assets")
+        app.router.add_get("/favicon.ico", self._favicon_route)
        app.router.add_get("/service-properties", self._service_properties_route)
        app.router.add_get("/web-settings", self._web_settings_route)
        app.router.add_get("/custom.css", self._styles_route)
@@ -131,6 +184,12 @@ class WebServer:
            shutdown_timeout=0.1,
        )

+    async def _favicon_route(
+        self,
+        request: aiohttp.web.Request,
+    ) -> aiohttp.web.FileResponse:
+        return aiohttp.web.FileResponse(self.favicon_path)
+
    async def _service_properties_route(
        self,
        request: aiohttp.web.Request,
--- a/src/pydase/utils/logging.py
+++ b/src/pydase/utils/logging.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LOGGING_CONFIG = {
        "default": {
            "formatter": "default",
            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
-            "stream": "ext://sys.stderr",
+            "stream": "ext://sys.stdout",
        },
    },
    "loggers": {
--- a/src/pydase/utils/serialization/serializer.py
+++ b/src/pydase/utils/serialization/serializer.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ from pydase.utils.serialization.types import (
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from collections.abc import Callable

+    from pydase.client.proxy_class import ProxyClass
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ class Serializer:
        Returns:
            Dictionary representation of `obj`.
        """
+        from pydase.client.client import ProxyClass

        result: SerializedObject

@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ class Serializer:
        elif isinstance(obj, datetime):
            result = cls._serialize_datetime(obj, access_path=access_path)

+        elif isinstance(obj, ProxyClass):
+            result = cls._serialize_proxy_class(obj, access_path=access_path)
+
        elif isinstance(obj, AbstractDataService):
            result = cls._serialize_data_service(obj, access_path=access_path)

@@ -322,6 +328,13 @@ class Serializer:
            "doc": doc,
        }

+    @classmethod
+    def _serialize_proxy_class(
+        cls, obj: ProxyClass, access_path: str = ""
+    ) -> SerializedDataService:
+        # Get serialization value from the remote service and adapt the full_access_path
+        return add_prefix_to_full_access_path(obj.serialize(), access_path)
+

 def dump(obj: Any) -> SerializedObject:
    """Serialize `obj` to a
@@ -572,6 +585,62 @@ def generate_serialized_data_paths(
    return paths


+def add_prefix_to_full_access_path(
+    serialized_obj: SerializedObject, prefix: str
+) -> Any:
+    """Recursively adds a specified prefix to all full access paths of the serialized
+    object.
+
+    Args:
+        serialized_obj:
+            The serialized object to process.
+        prefix:
+            The prefix string to prepend to each full access path.
+
+    Returns:
+        The modified serialized object with the prefix added to all full access paths.
+
+    Example:
+        ```python
+        >>> serialized_obj = {
+        ...     "full_access_path": "",
+        ...     "value": {
+        ...         "item": {
+        ...             "full_access_path": "some_item_path",
+        ...             "value": 1.0
+        ...         }
+        ...     }
+        ... }
+        ...
+        ... modified_data = add_prefix_to_full_access_path(serialized_obj, 'prefix')
+        {"full_access_path": "prefix", "value": {"item": {"full_access_path":
+        "prefix.some_item_path", "value": 1.0}}}
+        ```
+    """
+
+    try:
+        if serialized_obj.get("full_access_path", None) is not None:
+            serialized_obj["full_access_path"] = (
+                prefix + "." + serialized_obj["full_access_path"]
+                if serialized_obj["full_access_path"] != ""
+                else prefix
+            )
+
+        if isinstance(serialized_obj["value"], list):
+            for value in serialized_obj["value"]:
+                add_prefix_to_full_access_path(cast(SerializedObject, value), prefix)
+
+        elif isinstance(serialized_obj["value"], dict):
+            for value in cast(
+                dict[str, SerializedObject], serialized_obj["value"]
+            ).values():
+                add_prefix_to_full_access_path(cast(SerializedObject, value), prefix)
+    except (TypeError, KeyError, AttributeError):
+        # passed dictionary is not a serialized object
+        pass
+    return serialized_obj
+
+
 def serialized_dict_is_nested_object(serialized_dict: SerializedObject) -> bool:
    value = serialized_dict["value"]
    # We are excluding Quantity here as the value corresponding to the "value" key is
--- a/tests/client/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_client.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ def pydase_client() -> Generator[pydase.Client, None, Any]:
        def my_method(self, input_str: str) -> str:
            return input_str

+        async def my_async_method(self, input_str: str) -> str:
+            return input_str
+
    server = pydase.Server(MyService(), web_port=9999)
    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.run, daemon=True)
    thread.start()
@@ -79,6 +82,14 @@ def test_method_execution(pydase_client: pydase.Client) -> None:
        pydase_client.proxy.my_method(kwarg="hello")


+def test_async_method_execution(pydase_client: pydase.Client) -> None:
+    assert pydase_client.proxy.my_async_method("My return string") == "My return string"
+    assert (
+        pydase_client.proxy.my_async_method(input_str="My return string")
+        == "My return string"
+    )
+
+
 def test_nested_service(pydase_client: pydase.Client) -> None:
    assert pydase_client.proxy.sub_service.name == "SubService"
    pydase_client.proxy.sub_service.name = "New name"
@@ -138,3 +149,15 @@ def test_tab_completion(pydase_client: pydase.Client) -> None:
            "sub_service",
        ]
    )
+
+
+def test_context_manager(pydase_client: pydase.Client) -> None:
+    client = pydase.Client(url="ws://localhost:9999")
+
+    assert client.proxy.connected
+
+    with client:
+        client.proxy.my_property = 1337.01
+        assert client.proxy.my_property == 1337.01
+
+    assert not client.proxy.connected
--- a/tests/client/test_reconnection.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_reconnection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import threading
+from collections.abc import Callable, Generator
+from typing import Any
+
+import pydase
+import pytest
+import socketio.exceptions
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+def pydase_restartable_server() -> (
+    Generator[
+        tuple[
+            pydase.Server,
+            threading.Thread,
+            pydase.DataService,
+            Callable[
+                [pydase.Server, threading.Thread, pydase.DataService],
+                tuple[pydase.Server, threading.Thread],
+            ],
+        ],
+        None,
+        Any,
+    ]
+):
+    class MyService(pydase.DataService):
+        def __init__(self) -> None:
+            super().__init__()
+            self._name = "MyService"
+            self._my_property = 12.1
+
+        @property
+        def my_property(self) -> float:
+            return self._my_property
+
+        @my_property.setter
+        def my_property(self, value: float) -> None:
+            self._my_property = value
+
+        @property
+        def name(self) -> str:
+            return self._name
+
+    service_instance = MyService()
+    server = pydase.Server(service_instance, web_port=9999)
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.run, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+
+    def restart(
+        server: pydase.Server,
+        thread: threading.Thread,
+        service_instance: pydase.DataService,
+    ) -> tuple[pydase.Server, threading.Thread]:
+        server.handle_exit()
+        thread.join()
+
+        server = pydase.Server(service_instance, web_port=9999)
+        new_thread = threading.Thread(target=server.run, daemon=True)
+        new_thread.start()
+
+        return server, new_thread
+
+    yield server, thread, service_instance, restart
+
+    server.handle_exit()
+    thread.join()
+
+
+def test_reconnection(
+    pydase_restartable_server: tuple[
+        pydase.Server,
+        threading.Thread,
+        pydase.DataService,
+        Callable[
+            [pydase.Server, threading.Thread, pydase.DataService],
+            tuple[pydase.Server, threading.Thread],
+        ],
+    ],
+) -> None:
+    client = pydase.Client(
+        url="ws://localhost:9999",
+        sio_client_kwargs={
+            "reconnection": False,
+        },
+    )
+    client_2 = pydase.Client(
+        url="ws://localhost:9999",
+        sio_client_kwargs={
+            "reconnection_attempts": 1,
+        },
+    )
+
+    server, thread, service_instance, restart = pydase_restartable_server
+    service_instance._name = "New service name"
+
+    server, thread = restart(server, thread, service_instance)
+
+    with pytest.raises(socketio.exceptions.BadNamespaceError):
+        client.proxy.name
+        client_2.proxy.name
+
+    client.proxy.reconnect()
+    client_2.proxy.reconnect()
+
+    # the service proxies successfully reconnect and get the new service name
+    assert client.proxy.name == "New service name"
+    assert client_2.proxy.name == "New service name"
--- a/tests/server/web_server/api/v1/test_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/server/web_server/api/v1/test_endpoints.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from typing import Any
 import aiohttp
 import pydase
 import pytest
+from pydase.utils.serialization.deserializer import Deserializer


@pytest.fixture()
@@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ def pydase_server() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
            return self._readonly_attr

        def my_method(self, input_str: str) -> str:
-            return input_str
+            return f"{input_str}: my_method"
+
+        async def my_async_method(self, input_str: str) -> str:
+            return f"{input_str}: my_async_method"

    server = pydase.Server(MyService(), web_port=9998)
    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.run, daemon=True)
@@ -192,3 +196,57 @@ async def test_update_value(
            resp = await session.get(f"/api/v1/get_value?access_path={access_path}")
            content = json.loads(await resp.text())
            assert content == new_value
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "access_path, expected, ok",
+    [
+        (
+            "my_method",
+            "Hello from function: my_method",
+            True,
+        ),
+        (
+            "my_async_method",
+            "Hello from function: my_async_method",
+            True,
+        ),
+        (
+            "invalid_method",
+            None,
+            False,
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio()
+async def test_trigger_method(
+    access_path: str,
+    expected: Any,
+    ok: bool,
+    pydase_server: pydase.DataService,
+) -> None:
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession("http://localhost:9998") as session:
+        resp = await session.put(
+            "/api/v1/trigger_method",
+            json={
+                "access_path": access_path,
+                "kwargs": {
+                    "full_access_path": "",
+                    "type": "dict",
+                    "value": {
+                        "input_str": {
+                            "docs": None,
+                            "full_access_path": "",
+                            "readonly": False,
+                            "type": "str",
+                            "value": "Hello from function",
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        )
+        assert resp.ok == ok
+
+        if resp.ok:
+            content = Deserializer.deserialize(json.loads(await resp.text()))
+            assert content == expected
--- a/tests/utils/serialization/test_serializer.py
+++ b/tests/utils/serialization/test_serializer.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from pydase.utils.decorators import frontend
 from pydase.utils.serialization.serializer import (
    SerializationPathError,
    SerializedObject,
+    add_prefix_to_full_access_path,
    dump,
    generate_serialized_data_paths,
    get_container_item_by_key,
@@ -1070,3 +1071,156 @@ def test_get_data_paths_from_serialized_object(obj: Any, expected: list[str]) ->
 )
 def test_generate_serialized_data_paths(obj: Any, expected: list[str]) -> None:
    assert generate_serialized_data_paths(dump(obj=obj)["value"]) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "serialized_obj, prefix, expected",
+    [
+        (
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "new_attr",
+                "value": {
+                    "name": {
+                        "full_access_path": "new_attr.name",
+                        "value": "MyService",
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+            "prefix",
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "prefix.new_attr",
+                "value": {
+                    "name": {
+                        "full_access_path": "prefix.new_attr.name",
+                        "value": "MyService",
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "new_attr",
+                "value": [
+                    {
+                        "full_access_path": "new_attr[0]",
+                        "value": 1.0,
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+            "prefix",
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "prefix.new_attr",
+                "value": [
+                    {
+                        "full_access_path": "prefix.new_attr[0]",
+                        "value": 1.0,
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "new_attr",
+                "value": {
+                    "key": {
+                        "full_access_path": 'new_attr["key"]',
+                        "value": 1.0,
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+            "prefix",
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "prefix.new_attr",
+                "value": {
+                    "key": {
+                        "full_access_path": 'prefix.new_attr["key"]',
+                        "value": 1.0,
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "new_attr",
+                "value": {"magnitude": 10, "unit": "meter"},
+            },
+            "prefix",
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "prefix.new_attr",
+                "value": {"magnitude": 10, "unit": "meter"},
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "quantity_list",
+                "value": [
+                    {
+                        "full_access_path": "quantity_list[0]",
+                        "value": {"magnitude": 1.0, "unit": "A"},
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+            "prefix",
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "prefix.quantity_list",
+                "value": [
+                    {
+                        "full_access_path": "prefix.quantity_list[0]",
+                        "value": {"magnitude": 1.0, "unit": "A"},
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "",
+                "value": {
+                    "dict_attr": {
+                        "type": "dict",
+                        "full_access_path": "dict_attr",
+                        "value": {
+                            "foo": {
+                                "full_access_path": 'dict_attr["foo"]',
+                                "type": "dict",
+                                "value": {
+                                    "some_int": {
+                                        "full_access_path": 'dict_attr["foo"].some_int',
+                                        "type": "int",
+                                        "value": 1,
+                                    },
+                                },
+                            },
+                        },
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+            "prefix",
+            {
+                "full_access_path": "prefix",
+                "value": {
+                    "dict_attr": {
+                        "type": "dict",
+                        "full_access_path": "prefix.dict_attr",
+                        "value": {
+                            "foo": {
+                                "full_access_path": 'prefix.dict_attr["foo"]',
+                                "type": "dict",
+                                "value": {
+                                    "some_int": {
+                                        "full_access_path": 'prefix.dict_attr["foo"].some_int',
+                                        "type": "int",
+                                        "value": 1,
+                                    },
+                                },
+                            },
+                        },
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_add_prefix_to_full_access_path(
+    serialized_obj: SerializedObject, prefix: str, expected: SerializedObject
+) -> None:
+    assert add_prefix_to_full_access_path(serialized_obj, prefix) == expected
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Mose Müller	36ab8ab68b	Merge pull request #191 from tiqi-group/fix/client_context_manager Fix: client context manager	2024-12-02 15:07:07 +01:00
Mose Müller	27a832bbd1	client: adds ctx manager tests	2024-12-02 14:59:35 +01:00
Mose Müller	18df9e288a	client: replaces __del__ with __exit__ method to properly define ctx manager	2024-12-02 14:59:35 +01:00
Mose Müller	7b786be892	Merge pull request #190 from tiqi-group/fix/async_functions Fix: triggering async functions	2024-12-02 14:58:55 +01:00
Mose Müller	374a930745	reduces complexity of create_api_application method	2024-12-02 14:57:23 +01:00
Mose Müller	6d12e5c939	tests: adds client test for async method triggering	2024-12-02 14:07:14 +01:00
Mose Müller	bcf37067ad	client: fixes async function handling	2024-12-02 14:04:23 +01:00
Mose Müller	a1ac0c2f88	tests: adds tests for trigger_method http endpoint	2024-12-02 13:53:25 +01:00
Mose Müller	cfe190ca5b	updates http trigger_method endpoint to handle async methods, as well	2024-12-02 13:44:15 +01:00
Mose Müller	c002d04328	updates trigger_method sio event to handle async methods, as well	2024-12-02 13:41:21 +01:00
Mose Müller	0d1df4f9e5	adds endpoint function to trigger async function	2024-12-02 13:40:56 +01:00
Mose Müller	59cc834a81	fix: display banner in documentation (replaces html with md)	2024-11-26 16:50:18 +01:00
Mose Müller	dc54d9faef	increase banner resolution	2024-11-26 16:50:18 +01:00
Mose Müller	89bf5cb3f1	Merge branch 'docs/add_logo'	2024-11-26 16:29:20 +01:00
Mose Müller	c72ea9eb20	fix: changes text colour in banner, using png instead of svg	2024-11-26 16:27:59 +01:00
Mose Müller	897387e39e	Merge pull request #185 from tiqi-group/feat/add_favicon Feat: add favicon	2024-11-26 14:40:43 +01:00
Mose Müller	4454a10f78	Merge pull request #184 from tiqi-group/docs/add_logo Docs: add logo	2024-11-26 14:40:27 +01:00
Mose Müller	c9814f7cdc	updates Readme and docs	2024-11-26 14:04:34 +01:00
Mose Müller	187d8bcf28	makes favicon path configurable By passing a path to another image to the `favicon_path` argument in pydase.Server, the user can change the default favicon icon.	2024-11-26 14:04:34 +01:00
Mose Müller	204d426663	adds favicon route	2024-11-26 14:04:34 +01:00
Mose Müller	29e9afa47e	frontend: adds logo as favicon	2024-11-26 14:04:34 +01:00
Mose Müller	a6943c027f	adds logo to Readme	2024-11-26 14:04:23 +01:00
Mose Müller	70e4fa73e1	adds logo to documentation	2024-11-26 09:00:12 +01:00
Mose Müller	579fa4715b	adds pydase logo (colour / bw)	2024-11-26 09:00:12 +01:00
Mose Müller	0100bab04f	fix: default X-Forwarded-Proto to "http"	2024-11-26 08:59:46 +01:00
Mose Müller	bdf97fa181	Merge pull request #181 from tiqi-group/fix/mixed_content_protocols Fix: mixed content protocols	2024-11-21 14:40:22 +01:00
Mose Müller	eb1587fa7d	npm run build	2024-11-21 14:31:15 +01:00
Mose Müller	5827cda316	adds support for X-Forwarded-Proto	2024-11-21 14:30:33 +01:00
Mose Müller	0e9ec7a66a	Merge pull request #180 from tiqi-group/179-authentication-headers-and-cookies-are-not-passed-to-cross-origin-requests fix: pass credentials to cross-origin fetch requests	2024-11-19 11:50:57 +01:00
Mose Müller	155957f0c5	fix: pass credentials to cross-origin fetch requests	2024-11-19 11:47:28 +01:00
Mose Müller	a8b46f191b	Merge pull request #167 from tiqi-group/feat/stripprefix_support Feat: support for service deployments behind PathPrefix proxy rules	2024-11-18 10:20:57 +01:00
Mose Müller	3862ce3405	docs: adds section about deploying services behind a reverse proxy	2024-11-18 10:18:32 +01:00
Mose Müller	5403b51a5b	escape the user input before including it in the HTML response	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	1270400e95	updates pydase.Client to handle services behind PathPrefix proxy	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	3d2bb1c528	updates comments in index.html	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	7c68f02cfd	npm run build	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	ccd6447869	replaces all hostname:port usages with authority variable	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	056c02c5a5	gets and uses forwarded prefix in socket.ts	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	52a798e4c8	adds window.__FORWARDED_PREFIX__ to index.html	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	fdfdef5837	gets X-Forwarded-Prefix from requests and adds it to index.html	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	ff301f225c	adds anyio dependency	2024-11-18 09:34:58 +01:00
Mose Müller	87f720f567	Merge pull request #178 from tiqi-group/177-docs-add-configuration-section-to-readthedocs docs: add configuration section to readthedocs	2024-11-18 09:29:28 +01:00
Mose Müller	fecb46c02c	docs: updates Readme (configuration section)	2024-11-18 09:22:21 +01:00
Mose Müller	cce2399b07	docs: udpates link to configuration section	2024-11-18 09:22:07 +01:00
Mose Müller	df1db99ec0	docs: adds Configuration section	2024-11-18 09:21:56 +01:00
Mose Müller	5f2619500b	removes unused constants	2024-10-03 14:30:28 +02:00
Mose Müller	843675fa1e	Merge pull request #174 from tiqi-group/doc/fixes_docstring fixes docstring of add_prefix_to_full_access_path	2024-10-03 11:00:26 +02:00
Mose Müller	2aa370c8ac	updates to version v0.10.7	2024-10-03 11:00:15 +02:00
Mose Müller	c25ff4a3aa	fixes docstring of add_prefix_to_full_access_path	2024-10-03 10:59:21 +02:00
Mose Müller	5e32a70c3e	Merge pull request #173 from tiqi-group/fix/remove_method_warning Fix: removes warning message when initialising a Client	2024-10-03 10:57:56 +02:00
Mose Müller	3f6692a1cd	DataService.__warn_if_not_observable does not warn if setting function	2024-10-03 10:55:28 +02:00
Mose Müller	eb32b34b59	Merge pull request #172 from tiqi-group/feat/update_client_reconnection Feat: update client reconnection	2024-10-02 09:29:39 +02:00
Mose Müller	9eedf03c01	adds reconnection method to proxy class which is called when the sio client does not reconnect	2024-10-02 09:18:32 +02:00
Mose Müller	5ec7a8b530	docs: updates Python Client user guide	2024-10-02 08:24:29 +02:00
Mose Müller	f2f330dbd9	docs: adds python-socketio object inventory	2024-10-02 07:11:35 +02:00
Mose Müller	2e0e056489	adds sio_client_kwargs as pydase.Client keyword argument	2024-10-02 07:10:34 +02:00
Mose Müller	d8685fe9a0	Merge pull request #169 from tiqi-group/fix/proxy_class_representation Fix: proxy class representation	2024-10-01 11:02:44 +02:00
Mose Müller	e52a019d5e	fixes add_prefix_to_full_access_path, updates tests The prefix does not contain a "." anymore. This will be added by the function itself (to be able to distinguish empty full access paths).	2024-10-01 11:01:01 +02:00
Mose Müller	0d5cef1537	updates how Client handles (re-)connection with the server The client will update the proxy class serialization directly on the ProxyClass instance. this is the only time this get "updated". Now, the client also notifies the observers directly with the proxy object as this the serialization of the proxy class is now done through its `serialize` method (which we have overwritten in a previous commit).	2024-10-01 10:55:29 +02:00
Mose Müller	e8f33eee4d	updates ProxyClass serialize method The ProxyClass will keep a copy of its serialized state s.t. it does not have to call the remote service. This hangs the event loop if trying to call asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe when already inside the thread.	2024-10-01 10:55:29 +02:00
Mose Müller	a3b71b174c	fixes proxy class serialization (needs device connection methods and properties)	2024-10-01 08:25:39 +02:00
Mose Müller	e2ce0e9acb	adds ProxyClass serialization support	2024-10-01 07:27:27 +02:00
Mose Müller	f47a183c11	adds add_prefix_to_full_access_path helper function	2024-10-01 07:13:22 +02:00
Mose Müller	a9ea237cf3	overrides serialize method in ProxyClass, getting it from remote service	2024-09-30 16:58:01 +02:00
Mose Müller	6db1652dd3	move ProxyClass into separate file	2024-09-30 16:57:12 +02:00
Mose Müller	e3b95a8076	Merge pull request #168 from tiqi-group/fix/logging_to_stdout Fix: logging to stdout	2024-09-30 10:57:23 +02:00
Mose Müller	0fe2a8516f	updates to version v0.10.6	2024-09-30 10:55:48 +02:00
Mose Müller	51bbaba162	writing to stdout instead of stderr	2024-09-30 10:54:58 +02:00