Django chat app using Django Channel Sync Consumer

This module contains the implementation of a basic chat application using Django Channels and the SyncConsumer class.

Classes:

• ChatConsumer: Handles the WebSocket connections for the chat app.

Note: This is a basic implementation and can be extended to include additional features like user authentication, message persistence, etc.

Installation

First clone the github repository

  git clone https://github.com/nmastepankaj/chat_app_django_channel_sync_consumer.git

Open the repository folder in any code editor (VS code) or open any terminal. Move to the mysite folder and install all the requirements.

  cd mysite

You need to create virtual environment for the project. If you don't have virtualenv the install it using the below command :-

  virtualenv venv

Now, activate the virtual environment using the below command. If you're window user :-

  ./venv/Scripts/activate

If you're linux user :-

  source venv/bin/activate

install all the project requirements

  pip install -r requirement.txt

Now, you need to create migrations and migrate all the migrations

  python manage.py migrate

Run your project

  python manage.py runserver

Now your application is ready to use.

Open this url (http://127.0.0.1:8000/chat/home/) in two different tabs and start messaging

Working Screenshots

Authors

• @nmastepankaj

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License

MIT

Appendix

• Code of this project is taken from the Django Channel official website.
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