Python: Overview

Realtime in Python only works with the asynchronous client. You can initialize a new Supabase client using the acreate_client() method.

• Some Realtime methods are asynchronous and must be awaited. Ensure these methods are called within an async function.
• In the following Realtime examples, certain methods are awaited. These should be enclosed within an async function.
• When an asynchronous method needs to be used within a synchronous context, such as the callback for .subscribe(), utilize asyncio.create_task() to schedule the coroutine. This is why the acreate_client example includes an import of asyncio.

Examples

acreate_client()

import os
import asyncio
from supabase import acreate_client, AsyncClient

url: str = os.environ.get("SUPABASE_URL")
key: str = os.environ.get("SUPABASE_KEY")

async def create_supabase():
  supabase: AsyncClient = await acreate_client(url, key)
  return supabase