shamsulhaq / django-chat-app-project

A basic realtime chat app project written with the Django framework and Django Channels.

django-chat-app-project

A basic realtime chat app project written with the Django framework and Django Channels.

Live Demo

To easily test chat functionality, login with the credentials below

• email: [email protected], password: johndoe
• email: [email protected], password: sarahdoe

Local Server

To run the project locally.

• $ python -m venv venv
• $ source venv/bin/activate
• $ pip install -r requirements.txt
• $ python manage.py migrate
• Make sure you have >= redis-5.0 installed on your system
• $ python manage.py channels_layer
• $ python manage.py runserver
• Visit http://localhost:8000

Note

Pictures uploaded while chatting do not persist due to Heroku's ephemeral nature