easierlit 0.8.0

A minimal library to make Chainlit easier to use.

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Easierlit

Easierlit is a Python-first wrapper around Chainlit. It keeps the power of Chainlit while reducing the boilerplate for worker loops, message flow, auth, and persistence.

Quick Links

• Installation: Install
• Start in 60 seconds: Quick Start
• Method contracts: docs/api-reference.en.md
• Full usage guide: docs/usage.en.md
• Korean docs: README.ko.md, docs/api-reference.ko.md, docs/usage.ko.md

Why Easierlit

• Clear runtime split:
• EasierlitServer: runs Chainlit in the main process.
• EasierlitClient: runs your run_func(app) in one global thread worker.
• EasierlitApp: queue bridge for inbound/outbound communication.
• Production-oriented defaults:
• headless server mode
• sidebar default state open
• JWT secret auto-management (.chainlit/jwt.secret)
• scoped auth cookie default (easierlit_access_token_<hash>)
• fail-fast worker policy
• Practical persistence behavior:
• default SQLite bootstrap (.chainlit/easierlit.db)
• schema compatibility recovery
• SQLite tags normalization for thread CRUD

Architecture at a Glance

User UI
  -> Chainlit callbacks (on_message / on_chat_start / ...)
  -> Easierlit runtime bridge
  -> EasierlitApp incoming queue
  -> run_func(app) in worker (thread)
  -> app.* APIs (message + thread CRUD)
  -> runtime dispatcher
  -> realtime session OR data-layer fallback

Install

pip install easierlit

For local development:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Quick Start (60 Seconds)

from easierlit import AppClosedError, EasierlitClient, EasierlitServer


def run_func(app):
    while True:
        try:
            incoming = app.recv(timeout=1.0)
        except TimeoutError:
            continue
        except AppClosedError:
            break

        app.add_message(
            thread_id=incoming.thread_id,
            content=f"Echo: {incoming.content}",
            author="EchoBot",
        )


client = EasierlitClient(run_func=run_func)
server = EasierlitServer(client=client)
server.serve()  # blocking

Async worker pattern:

from easierlit import AppClosedError, EasierlitClient, EasierlitServer


async def run_func(app):
    while True:
        try:
            incoming = await app.arecv()
        except AppClosedError:
            break

        app.add_message(
            thread_id=incoming.thread_id,
            content=f"Echo: {incoming.content}",
            author="EchoBot",
        )


client = EasierlitClient(
    run_func=run_func,
    run_func_mode="auto",  # auto/sync/async
)
server = EasierlitServer(client=client)
server.serve()

Public API

EasierlitServer(
    client,
    host="127.0.0.1",
    port=8000,
    root_path="",
    auth=None,
    persistence=None,
    discord=None,
)

EasierlitClient(run_func, worker_mode="thread", run_func_mode="auto")

EasierlitApp.recv(timeout=None)
EasierlitApp.arecv(timeout=None)
EasierlitApp.add_message(thread_id, content, author="Assistant", metadata=None) -> str
EasierlitApp.add_tool(thread_id, tool_name, content, metadata=None) -> str
EasierlitApp.add_thought(thread_id, content, metadata=None) -> str  # tool_name is fixed to "Reasoning"
EasierlitApp.update_message(thread_id, message_id, content, metadata=None)
EasierlitApp.update_tool(thread_id, message_id, tool_name, content, metadata=None)
EasierlitApp.update_thought(thread_id, message_id, content, metadata=None)  # tool_name is fixed to "Reasoning"
EasierlitApp.delete_message(thread_id, message_id)
EasierlitApp.list_threads(first=20, cursor=None, search=None, user_identifier=None)
EasierlitApp.get_thread(thread_id)
EasierlitApp.get_messages(thread_id) -> dict
EasierlitApp.new_thread(name=None, metadata=None, tags=None) -> str
EasierlitApp.update_thread(thread_id, name=None, metadata=None, tags=None)
EasierlitApp.delete_thread(thread_id)
EasierlitApp.close()

EasierlitAuthConfig(username, password, identifier=None, metadata=None)
EasierlitPersistenceConfig(
    enabled=True,
    sqlite_path=".chainlit/easierlit.db",
    storage_provider=<auto LocalFileStorageClient>,
)
EasierlitDiscordConfig(enabled=True, bot_token=None)

For exact method contracts, use:

• docs/api-reference.en.md

This includes parameter constraints, return semantics, exceptions, side effects, concurrency notes, and failure-mode fixes for each public method.

Auth and Persistence Defaults

• JWT secret: if CHAINLIT_AUTH_SECRET is set but shorter than 32 bytes, Easierlit replaces it with a secure generated secret for the current run; if missing, it auto-manages .chainlit/jwt.secret
• Auth cookie: keeps CHAINLIT_AUTH_COOKIE_NAME when set, otherwise uses scoped default easierlit_access_token_<hash>
• On shutdown, Easierlit restores the previous CHAINLIT_AUTH_COOKIE_NAME and CHAINLIT_AUTH_SECRET
• UVICORN_WS_PROTOCOL defaults to websockets-sansio when not set
• Default auth is enabled when auth=None
• Auth credential order for auth=None:
• EASIERLIT_AUTH_USERNAME + EASIERLIT_AUTH_PASSWORD (must be set together)
• fallback to admin / admin (warning log emitted)
• Default persistence: SQLite at .chainlit/easierlit.db (threads + text steps)
• Default file/image storage: LocalFileStorageClient is always enabled by default
• Default local storage path: <CHAINLIT_APP_ROOT or cwd>/public/easierlit
• LocalFileStorageClient(base_dir=...) must stay inside <CHAINLIT_APP_ROOT or cwd>/public
• Local file/image URLs include both CHAINLIT_PARENT_ROOT_PATH and CHAINLIT_ROOT_PATH prefixes
• If SQLite schema is incompatible, Easierlit recreates DB with backup
• Sidebar default state is forced to open
• Discord integration is disabled by default during serve(), even if DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN already exists.

Thread History sidebar visibility follows Chainlit policy:

• requireLogin=True
• dataPersistence=True

Typical Easierlit setup:

• keep auth=None and persistence=None for default enabled auth + persistence
• optionally set EASIERLIT_AUTH_USERNAME/EASIERLIT_AUTH_PASSWORD for non-default credentials
• pass persistence=EasierlitPersistenceConfig(storage_provider=LocalFileStorageClient(...)) to override local storage path/behavior
• or pass explicit auth=EasierlitAuthConfig(...)

Discord bot setup:

• Keep discord=None to disable Discord integration.
• Pass discord=EasierlitDiscordConfig(...) to enable it.
• Token precedence: EasierlitDiscordConfig.bot_token first, DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN fallback.
• Easierlit runs Discord through its own bridge (no runtime monkeypatching of Chainlit Discord handlers).
• During serve(), Chainlit's DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN path stays disabled; Easierlit restores the original env value after shutdown.
• If enabled and no non-empty token is available, serve() raises ValueError.

Message and Thread Operations

Message APIs:

• app.add_message(...)
• app.add_tool(...)
• app.add_thought(...)
• app.update_message(...)
• app.update_tool(...)
• app.update_thought(...)
• app.delete_message(...)

Thread APIs:

• app.list_threads(...)
• app.get_thread(thread_id)
• app.get_messages(thread_id)
• app.new_thread(...)
• app.update_thread(...)
• app.delete_thread(thread_id)

Behavior highlights:

• app.add_message(...) returns generated message_id.
• app.add_tool(...) stores tool-call steps with tool name shown as step author/name.
• app.add_thought(...) is the same tool-call path with fixed tool name Reasoning.
• app.get_messages(...) returns thread metadata plus one ordered messages list.
• app.get_messages(...) includes user_message/assistant_message/system_message/tool and excludes run-family steps.
• app.get_messages(...) maps thread["elements"] into each message via forId aliases (forId/for_id/stepId/step_id).
• app.get_messages(...) adds elements[*].has_source and elements[*].source (url/path/bytes/objectKey/chainlitKey) for image/file source tracing.
• app.new_thread(...) auto-generates a unique thread_id and returns it.
• app.update_thread(...) updates only when thread already exists.
• With auth enabled, both app.new_thread(...) and app.update_thread(...) auto-assign thread ownership.
• SQLite SQLAlchemyDataLayer path auto normalizes thread tags.
• If no active websocket session exists, Easierlit applies internal HTTP-context fallback for data-layer message CRUD.

Worker Failure Policy

Easierlit uses fail-fast behavior for worker crashes.

• If run_func raises, server shutdown is triggered.
• UI gets a short summary when possible.
• Full traceback is kept in server logs.

Chainlit Message vs Tool-call

Chainlit distinguishes message and tool/run categories at step type level.

Message steps:

• user_message
• assistant_message
• system_message

Tool/run family includes:

• tool, run, llm, embedding, retrieval, rerank, undefined

Easierlit mapping:

• app.add_message(...) -> assistant_message
• app.add_tool(...) / app.update_tool(...) -> tool
• app.add_thought(...) / app.update_thought(...) -> tool (name fixed to Reasoning)
• app.delete_message(...) deletes by message_id regardless of message/tool/thought source.

Example Map

• examples/minimal.py: basic echo bot
• examples/custom_auth.py: single-account auth
• examples/discord_bot.py: Discord bot configuration and token precedence
• examples/thread_crud.py: thread list/get/update/delete
• examples/thread_create_in_run_func.py: create thread from run_func
• examples/step_types.py: tool/thought step creation, update, delete example

Documentation Map

• Method-level API contracts (EN): docs/api-reference.en.md
• Method-level API contracts (KO): docs/api-reference.ko.md
• Full usage guide (EN): docs/usage.en.md
• Full usage guide (KO): docs/usage.ko.md

Migration Note

API updates:

• new_thread(thread_id=..., ...) -> thread_id = new_thread(...)
• send(...) was removed.
• add_message(...) is now the canonical message API.
• Added tool/thought APIs: add_tool(...), add_thought(...), update_tool(...), update_thought(...).