Django Instant example

Example with backend and frontend for django-instant

Install and run

git clone https://github.com/synw/django-instant-example

Backend

cd backend
virtualenv . && source bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run

cd instant_backend
python3 manage.py runserver

The backend is available at localhost:8000. It provides an sqlite database with a user adminuser with the password adminpwd. Some channels are created in the backend: a public channel, a user channel and a group channel. Check the admin

Websockets server

Install a Centrifugo server locally:

cd backend/instant_backend
python manage.py installws

More info.

Run the websockets server:

cd backend/instant_backend
python manage.py runws

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
# or yarn install
npm run dev
# or yarn dev

The frontend is available at localhost:3000

Publish messages

Open the frontend, login and connect. Then open a backend shell to send a message:

cd instant_backend
python3 manage.py shell

Then send a message:

In [1]: from instant.producers import publish

In [2]: publish("public", "message content")

The message will appear on the frontend