django web server chat

Question

Hi can any body suggest me an idea about how can i create a chat interface between the friend list which i have created for my application.

actually a want to create a chat server. i have a friends list in my django model. if more then one person is online at the same time then they chat with one another. for this purpose do i have to create a socket or is there any other way to do it.

Thanks

Answer 1

A basic messaging service is fairly easy. Most of it will be through Javascript/AJAX. Simply store messages from users to users in the database, and have your AJAX poll the server for updates. Once the conversation is ended, delete them.

Answer 2

There are a couple pluggable apps for using Django as a chat server that you could use or at least use as a reference or starting point.

• django-chat: http://code.google.com/p/django-chat/
• django-jqchat: http://code.google.com/p/django-jqchat/

There are also these posts on using Django with Orbited to create a chat server.

• http://ajaxian.com/archives/django-and-comet
• http://darkporter.com/blog_files/4.django_orbited.html