What is channel layer?

Channel layers allow you to talk between different instances of an application . They’re a useful part of making a distributed realtime application if you don’t want to have to shuttle all of your messages or events through a database.

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What is Django channels used for?

Django Channels facilitates support of WebSockets in Django in a manner similar to traditional HTTP views . It wraps Django’s native asynchronous view support, allowing Django projects to handle not only HTTP, but also protocols that require long-running connections, such as WebSockets, MQTT, chatbots, etc.

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Why Django channels need Redis?

The primary purpose of redis in django-channel_layers is to store the necessary information required for different instances of consumers to communicate with one another . For example, in the tutorial section of channels documentation, it is clear that Redis is used as a storage layer for channel names and group names.

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