💬 Web Chat Application

A real-time web chat application built with Django, Redis, and Docker.

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📦 Project Setup

You can run this Web Chat Application in two different ways:

• Method 1: Using Docker 🐳
• Method 2: Running directly on your system ⚙️

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🐳 Method 1: Run Using Docker

Option A: Use Prebuilt Docker Image (Recommended)

You can also run the application using a prebuilt private Docker image hosted on GitHub Container Registry (GHCR).

1. Pull the Docker image:

docker pull ghcr.io/sagar-ph/webapp:latest

2. Get the docker-compose.yml file in repo and Update the file:

image: ghcr.io/sagar-ph/webapp:latest

Note: Remove or comment out build: . if present.

3. Start the application:

docker compose up

This will pull and run all required services in Docker containers.

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🚀 Clone the Repository (For below Methods)

gh repo clone Sagar-PH/WebChat-App

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Option B: Build Docker Image Locally

1. Make sure Docker is installed on your system.
2. Open a terminal in the project directory.
3. Build the Docker image:

docker build -t webchat-app .

This command will build and create a Docker image for the project.

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⚙️ Method 2: Run Directly (Without Docker)

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Redis Server

Steps

1. Install and start the Redis server.
2. Open a terminal in the project directory.
3. Install project dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the Django ASGI application:

daphne webchat.asgi:application

🎉 The Web Chat Application is now running!

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Made by Sagar