Realtime Feeds

Feeds is a django app built from channels (django channels) with easy integration of realtime feed or announcements. It is useful for small pop realtime feed or announcement or use in notifications.

Requirements

• Django 3.0 up
• Python 3.5 up
• Redis Server
• channels-redis 2.4.2 up
• channels 2.4.0 up

Quick start

1. Add "feeds" and "channels" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this::

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       ...
       'channels',
       'feeds',
   ]
   

2. Create a routing.py at project directory::

   from channels.auth import AuthMiddlewareStack
   from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter, URLRouter
   
   import feeds.routing
   
   application = ProtocolTypeRouter({
       # Empty for now (http->django views is added by default)
       'websocket': AuthMiddlewareStack(
           URLRouter(
               feeds.routing.websocket_urlpatterns
           )
       ),
   })```
   
   

3. Run python manage.py migrate to create the polls models.

4. Start the development server and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/feeds/