use orjson

Author: Archmonger

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Using the following categories, list your changes in this order:
 
 ## [3.3.2] - 2023-08-09
 
+### Added
+
+-   ReactPy Websocket will now decode messages via `orjson` resulting in an ~6% overall performance boost.
+
 ### Changed
 
 -   Changed implementation of `REACTPY_BACKHAUL_THREAD` to attempt increased performance compatibility.

requirements/pkg-deps.txt

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ django >=4.1.0
 reactpy >=1.0.0, <1.1.0
 aiofile >=3.0
 dill >=0.3.5
+orjson >=3.0.0
 typing_extensions

src/reactpy_django/websocket/consumer.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from typing import Any, MutableMapping, Sequence
 
 import dill as pickle
+import orjson
 from channels.auth import login
 from channels.db import database_sync_to_async
 from channels.generic.websocket import AsyncJsonWebsocketConsumer
@@ -107,6 +108,14 @@ async def dispatch(self, message):
 
         return await super().dispatch(message)
 
+    @classmethod
+    async def decode_json(cls, text_data):
+        return orjson.loads(text_data)
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def encode_json(cls, content):
+        return orjson.dumps(content).decode()
+
     async def run_dispatcher(self):
         """Runs the main loop that performs component rendering tasks."""
         from reactpy_django import models