What is WebSockets Django?

WebSockets is a technology that allows for opening an interactive communications session between a user’s browser and a server . With this technology, a user can send messages to a server and receive event-driven responses without requiring long-polling, i.e. without having to constantly check the server for a reply.

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What is a Django channel?

Django Channels. Channels is a project to make Django able to handle more than just plain HTTP requests, including WebSockets and HTTP2, as well as the ability to run code after a response has been sent for things like thumbnailing or background calculation.

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How does Django channels use Redis?

channels_redis is the only official Django-maintained channel layer supported for production use. The layer uses Redis as its backing store , and supports both a single-server and sharded configurations, as well as group support. To use this layer you’ll need to install the channels_redis package.

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