SEO Compatible Rendering (Pre-rendering)

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, python, react
Domain
frontend, web-dev

Research direction

Start by reading the prior discussion and issue, then trace the template tag and JavaScript client entry points mentioned in the proposal. Done means an initial HTTP render produces raw HTML for SEO, followed by a JavaScript re-render when the client requests it.

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Description

priority-3-low
Current Situation

Currently, sites built in ReactPy are not SEO compatible. This is a fairly common issue with JavaScript frameworks such as ReactJS.

Prior discussion: https://github.com/reactive-python/reactpy/discussions/486
Prior Issue: reactive-python/reactpy-django#93

Proposed Actions

To resolve this, there needs to be an initial HTTP render, followed by a JavaScript re-render.

It may be worth considering using Preact's hydrate API, but this would likely require ReactPy to have a database backend. However, a simpler design involves

  1. Use the template tag to render the initial component as raw HTML.
  2. When the JavaScript client requests it, re-render the component.
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