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Entering Channels

Django Channels was originally created to solve the problem of handling asynchronous communication protocols, such as WebSockets, for example. More and more web applications were providing real-time capabilities such as chat and push notifications. Various hacks were created to make Django support requirements including running separate socket servers or proxy servers.

Channels is an official Django project, not just for handling WebSockets and other forms of bi-directional communication but also for running background tasks asynchronously.

As at the time of writing, Django Channels 2 is out, which is a complete rewrite based on Python 3's async/await-based coroutines.

Here's a simplified block diagram of a typical ...