lacksonmunthali/django-channels-jwt-auth-deployment

Get Started with Django Channels, JWT Authentication and Deployment

Django Channels WebSocket Authentication and Deployment

Guide Article -> https://www.bloggernepal.com/2021/10/django-channels-websocket-authentication-deployment.html

1. make sure you have python installed.
2. make sure you have django installed. $ python -m django --version if not install it.

   python -m pip install Django
   

Creating Project

django-admin startproject pubchat

Create App.

python3 manage.py startapp chat

Add 'chat' in the INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py of pubchat/

create templates in chat add index.html there, define view for index in views.py

in chat/urls.py

from django.urls import path

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.index, name='index'),
]

in pubchat/urls.py import include from django.conf.urls and add urlpattern for chat app.

urlpatterns = [
    path('/', include('chat.urls')),
    ...
]

for static content add

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    BASE_DIR / "static",
]

We will use different config for deployment

now $ python manage.py runserver, you should see the contents on the template on root.

setup channels

Verify you have Django Channels installed $ python -c 'import channels; print(channels.__version__)' if not, install it

    python -m pip install -U channels

Now add 'channels' in the INSTALLED_APPS;

install pyjwt as well

    pip install pyjwt

channels authentication

we have already used AuthMiddlewareStack in asgi.py, which supports standard Django authentication, where the user details are stored in the session.

for our jwt token, let's now use our own middleware