A WhatsApp Web Clone Chat Application for those developers that like to use Django Channel for handling WebSocket request

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Installation

cd django-whatsapp-web-clone/

python3.7 -m venv env
. env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements

How to run development server?

create all the required tables

python manage.py migrate

create superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

start redis service using podman

podman run -p 6379:6379 -d redis:5

create .env file

add the following variable & replace it based on your own development keys

API_KEY=YourOwnGiphYAPIKeysdfasjfdgdf

SECRET_KEY=YourOwnSecretKey71041jkfohdslflasdfjhaljdfa

run the development server

python3 manage.py runserver

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Help

Need help? Open an issue in: ISSUES

Contributing

Want to improve and add feature? Fork the repo, add your changes and send a pull request.