What is socket in Django?

With WebSockets (via Django Channels) managing the communication between the client and the server , whenever a user is authenticated, an event will be broadcasted to every other connected user. Each user’s screen will change automatically, without them having to reload their browsers.

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Can Daphne run WSGI?

If that’s the case, that’s fine; you can run Daphne and a WSGI server alongside each other , and only have Daphne serve the requests you need it to (usually WebSocket and long-poll HTTP requests, as these do not fit into the WSGI model).

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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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