Streaming Ollama Responses in Next.js: The SSE Pattern That Actually Works
The article discusses how to implement streaming responses in Next.js using Ollama and Server-Sent Events (SSE). It highlights the advantages of SSE over WebSocket for one-way communication in language model applications. The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to building a responsive chat interface that streams text as it is generated.
- ▪Most Next.js + Ollama tutorials use a single await fetch, resulting in poor user experience.
- ▪Streaming responses allow users to see text appear word by word, enhancing interactivity.
- ▪The tutorial demonstrates how to set up a server route, client hook, and UI for streaming responses.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 337213) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Pavel Espitia Posted on May 18 Streaming Ollama Responses in Next.js: The SSE Pattern That Actually Works #ai #ollama #nextjs #tutorial Streaming Ollama Responses in Next.js: The SSE Pattern That Actually Works Most Next.js + Ollama tutorials show a single await fetch and call it a day. The user types a question, waits eight seconds, and a wall of text appears. That's a bad UX. Real LLM apps stream tokens as they're generated.
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