A Channel is the application session that is opened for each piece of your app to communicate with the RabbitMQ broker . It operates over a single connection, and represents a session with the broker. As it represents a logical part of application logic, each channel usually exists on its own thread.
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Channels Layers In Django Channel Layers allow us to create interaction between different instances of an application , mostly used to create real-time applications, we can say it’s an alternative to sockets.
Read moreWhat is an AMQP channel?
AMQP 0-9-1 connections are multiplexed with channels that can be thought of as “lightweight connections that share a single TCP connection “. Every protocol operation performed by a client happens on a channel.
Read moreWhat 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.
Read moreWhy 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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