为什么需要流式响应?
LLM生成一个完整回答可能需要5-30秒。如果等待完整响应再返回,用户体验极差。流式响应(Streaming)让用户看到"逐字打印"的效果,大幅降低感知延迟。
SSE(Server-Sent Events)方案
服务端实现
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
import json
app = FastAPI()
@app.post("/chat/stream")
async def chat_stream(request: dict):
async def event_stream():
# 调用LLM的流式接口
async for chunk in llm.astream(
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": request["message"]}]
):
data = json.dumps({
"content": chunk.content,
"role": "assistant"
}, ensure_ascii=False)
yield f"data: {data}\n\n"
# 发送结束标记
yield f"data: [DONE]\n\n"
return StreamingResponse(
event_stream(),
media_type="text/event-stream",
headers={
"Cache-Control": "no-cache",
"Connection": "keep-alive",
"X-Accel-Buffering": "no", # Nginx不缓冲
}
)
客户端实现
// 浏览器端SSE
const eventSource = new EventSource('/chat/stream');
eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
if (event.data === '[DONE]') {
eventSource.close();
return;
}
const data = JSON.parse(event.data);
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML += data.content;
};
eventSource.onerror = (error) => {
console.error('SSE error:', error);
eventSource.close();
};
Python客户端
import httpx
import json
async def stream_chat(url, message):
async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
async with client.stream(
"POST",
f"{url}/chat/stream",
json={"message": message},
timeout=60.0
) as response:
async for line in response.aiter_lines():
if line.startswith("data: "):
data = line[6:]
if data == "[DONE]":
break
chunk = json.loads(data)
print(chunk["content"], end="", flush=True)
WebSocket方案
服务端
from fastapi import FastAPI, WebSocket
app = FastAPI()
@app.websocket("/ws/chat")
async def websocket_chat(ws: WebSocket):
await ws.accept()
try:
while True:
message = await ws.receive_text()
# 流式生成
async for chunk in llm.astream(
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": message}]
):
await ws.send_json({
"type": "token",
"content": chunk.content
})
await ws.send_json({"type": "done"})
except WebSocketDisconnect:
print("Client disconnected")
客户端
const ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:8000/ws/chat');
ws.onopen = () => {
ws.send(JSON.stringify({message: '你好'}));
};
ws.onmessage = (event) => {
const data = JSON.parse(event.data);
if (data.type === 'token') {
output.innerHTML += data.content;
} else if (data.type === 'done') {
console.log('Generation complete');
}
};
高级特性
打字机效果
async def typewriter_stream(text, delay=0.03):
"""模拟打字机效果的流式输出"""
for char in text:
yield char
await asyncio.sleep(delay)
流式中断
class CancellableStream:
def __init__(self):
self.cancelled = False
def cancel(self):
self.cancelled = True
async def stream(self, llm, messages):
async for chunk in llm.astream(messages):
if self.cancelled:
break
yield chunk
并行流式响应
async def parallel_stream(prompts, llm):
"""同时流式生成多个响应"""
async def stream_one(prompt, index):
result = []
async for chunk in llm.astream([{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]):
result.append({"index": index, "content": chunk.content})
return result
tasks = [stream_one(p, i) for i, p in enumerate(prompts)]
results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
# 交错输出
for i in range(max(len(r) for r in results)):
for result in results:
if i < len(result):
yield result[i]
性能优化
缓冲控制
# Nginx配置:禁用缓冲
location /chat/stream {
proxy_pass http://backend;
proxy_buffering off; # 关闭代理缓冲
proxy_cache off; # 关闭缓存
chunked_transfer_encoding on;
proxy_read_timeout 300s;
}
Token级vs字符级
# Token级流式(推荐):每个token一个chunk
async for token in llm.astream(messages):
yield token
# 字符级流式:将token拆分为字符
async for token in llm.astream(messages):
for char in token.content:
yield char
await asyncio.sleep(0.01) # 添加微小延迟
结语
流式响应是LLM应用的标配功能。SSE适合单向流式输出,WebSocket适合需要双向交互的场景。关键点:禁用所有层级的缓冲、正确处理中断、保持连接稳定性。
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