Realtime Chat Application using django channels,websockets and javascript
Copyright (C) 2020 Jayesh Karkare Alien-X717
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contributor : Jayesh Karkare karkarejayesh@gmail.com
chat template taken from bootsnipp.com made by emilcarlsson
Features:
- Realtime personal chat
- Live online/offline status of users
- Live read receipts for messages
cons:
- can only run on a single tab as of now.Don't open it on multiple tabs with same session.
- if you logout on some other tab, the chat will work till the connection persists.
required python libs:
- Django
- channels==2.4.0
if you want to use redis as a channel layer
- pip install channels-redis
redis is required to be running in the background
for linux:
- sudo apt-get install redis
- redis-server
- redis-cli ping (if it prints "PONG" then redis is succesfully running )
for windows: get it from here : https://github.com/tporadowski/redis/releases/tag/v5.0.9 and run redis-server.exe
also specify in settings.py file which channel layer you want to use
for production use : Additional configuration will be required depending on your server and hosting enviroment. Check official django channels documentation https://channels.readthedocs.io/en/2.x/