title: Is it possible to use Node.js socket.io with a web application written in python?
body: <p>I have a website written in python(<a href="http://flask.pocoo.org" rel="nofollow">flask</a>) which I would like to some realtime functionality to. I have looked at some websockets implementations for python, but none of them seem as straightforward and simple as socket.io for Node.js. </p>
  
  <p>Is it possible(and furthermore, practical) to write the realtime component in Node.js and integrate with python(e.g., when a page is hit in the python code, execute this node.js function), or is it just a waste of time? </p>
  
  <p>any help is appreciated!  </p>