Routes

The server defines a series of get and post methods which can be found by searching for @routes in server.py. When you submit a workflow in the web client, it is posted to /prompt which validates the prompt and adds it to an execution queue, returning either a prompt_id and number (the position in the queue), or error and node_errors if validation fails. The prompt queue is defined in execution.py, which also defines the PromptExecutor class.

Built in routes

server.py defines the following routes:

pathget/postpurpose
/getload the comfy webpage
/embeddingsgetretrieve a list of the names of embeddings available
/extensionsgetretrieve a list of the extensions registering a WEB_DIRECTORY
/upload/imagepostupload an image
/upload/maskpostupload a mask
/viewgetview an image. Lots of options, see @routes.get("/view") in server.py
/view_metadata/getretrieve metadata for a model
/system_statsgetretrieve information about the system (python version, devices, vram etc)
/promptgetretrieve current status
/promptpostsubmit a prompt to the queue
/object_infogetretrieve details of all node types
/object_info/{node_class}getretrieve details of one node type
/historygetretrieve the queue history
/history/{prompt_id}getretrieve the queue history for a specific prompt
/historypostclear history or delete history item
/queuegetretrieve the state of the queue
/interruptpoststop the current workflow
/freepostfree memory by unloading specified models

Custom routes

If you want to send a message from the client to the server during execution, you will need to add a custom route to the server. For anything complicated, you will need to dive into the aiohttp framework docs, but most cases can be handled as follows:

from server import PromptServer
from aiohttp import web
routes = PromptServer.instance.routes
@routes.post('/my_new_path')
async def my_function(request):
    the_data = await request.post()
    # the_data now holds a dictionary of the values sent
    MyClass.handle_my_message(the_data)
    return web.json_response({})
Unless you know what you are doing, don’t try to define my_function within a class. The @routes.post decorator does a lot of work! Instead, define the function as above and then call a classmethod.
You can also define a @routes.get if you aren’t changing anything.

The client can use this new route by sending a FormData object with code something like this, which would result in the_data, in the above code, containing message and node_id keys:

import { api } from "../../scripts/api.js";
function send_message(node_id, message) {
    const body = new FormData();
    body.append('message',message);
    body.append('node_id', node_id);
    api.fetchApi("/my_new_path", { method: "POST", body, });
}

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