A real-time chat application built with Django, Django Channels, Redis, and PostgreSQL. This application supports multiple chat rooms, real-time messaging, image sharing, and message history with infinite scroll.

• Real-time Chat: WebSocket-based real-time messaging using Django Channels
• Room Management: Create and manage multiple chat rooms
• Image Sharing: Send and receive images in chat
• Message History: Scroll up to load previous messages (infinite scroll)
• User Authentication: Secure user authentication and authorization
• Public/Private Rooms: Support for both public and private chat rooms
• Responsive UI: Modern, user-friendly interface with templates
• RESTful API: Complete REST API for integration
• Docker Support: Fully containerized with Docker for easy deployment

• Docker and Docker Compose
• Git

This project includes three Docker environments:

Run the development environment:

docker-compose -f docker/environments/development/docker-compose.dev.yml up --build

Superuser info:

• supser user : admin
• password : admin123

Access the application:

• Application: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/room/v1/rooms/list/
• Public room: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/room/v1/chat/
• Admin Panel: http://localhost:8000/admin

Run the staging environment:

docker-compose -f docker/environments/staging/docker-compose.staging.yml up --build

Run the production environment:

docker-compose -f docker/environments/production/docker-compose.prod.yml up --build

The application is built with:

• Backend: Django 4.x + Django REST Framework
• Real-time: Django Channels + Redis
• Database: PostgreSQL
• WebSockets: ASGI with Daphne
• Containerization: Docker + Docker Compose

For detailed documentation, please visit the docs directory:

• Complete Documentation Index
• Models Documentation
• Templates Documentation
• API Documentation
• User Guide
• Project Structure
• Docker & Technical Guide

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>
cd ChatPage

2. Create environment file:

cp .env.examples /docker/environments/development/.env.dev

3. Update the .env file with your configuration

4. Run the development environment:

docker-compose -f docker/environments/development/docker-compose.dev.yml up --build

6. Access the application at http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/room/v1/rooms/list/

• Django: Web framework
• Django REST Framework: API development
• Django Channels: WebSocket support
• Redis: Channel layer backend
• PostgreSQL: Database
• Docker: Containerization
• Nginx: Reverse proxy (production)

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

For support, please open an issue in the repository.