https://github.com/asghar-rizvi/buzz-chat
BuzzChat is a Django-based real-time chat application with WebSockets, Fetch API, user authentication, friend requests, and Memurai caching. It ensures secure, asynchronous messaging with high performance.
https://github.com/asghar-rizvi/buzz-chat
api-rest async asynchronous-programming chatapplication django django-application dynamic-programming fetch-api html html-css-javascript messaging-app python
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BuzzChat is a Django-based real-time chat application with WebSockets, Fetch API, user authentication, friend requests, and Memurai caching. It ensures secure, asynchronous messaging with high performance.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/asghar-rizvi/buzz-chat
- Owner: asghar-rizvi
- Created: 2025-03-14T09:40:43.000Z (7 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-24T02:35:41.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-15T22:06:52.098Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: api-rest, async, asynchronous-programming, chatapplication, django, django-application, dynamic-programming, fetch-api, html, html-css-javascript, messaging-app, python
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.96 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# BuzzChat - A Lively and Energetic Chat
BuzzChat is a **Django-based web application** that provides real-time communication with high-end security, leveraging **WebSockets**, **AJAX (Fetch API)**, and **Django Channels**. It ensures **secure** and **asynchronous** messaging while utilizing **Memurai** (a Redis alternative) for caching and performance optimization.
## 🚀 Features
- **User Authentication** - Sign up, Sign in, and Logout functionality.
- **Real-time Chat** - Dynamic WebSockets communication using Django Channels.
- **Search Users** - Find other users and send them friend requests.
- **Friend Management** - View friends, accept/reject requests.
- **Profile Page** - Manage user profile information.
- **Security Measures** - CSRF & XSS protection, session-based authentication.
- **Efficient Performance** - Optimized with caching via Memurai (Redis alternative).
## 📌 Screenshots
### 🔹 Sign Up Page
### 🔹 Sign In Page
### 🔹 Chat Page
### 🔹 Search Users
### 🔹 Friends List
## 🛠️ Project Structure
```
BuzzChat/
│── chat/
│ ├── templates/ # Contains HTML files
│ ├── static/
│ │ ├── css/ # Contains CSS files
│ │ ├── js/ # Contains JavaScript files
│ ├── management/
│ │ ├── commands/ # Scripts for user generation using Faker
│ ├── signals.py # Django signals for event handling
│ ├── routing.py # WebSockets routing
│ ├── consumer.py # WebSockets consumer logic
│ ├── views.py # Django views
│ ├── models.py # Database models
│
│── genericchannels/ # Custom Django channels utilities
│
│── manage.py # Django project manager
│── db.sqlite3 # Database file
```
## 🔧 Technologies Used
- **Django** - Backend Framework
- **Django Channels** - Real-time WebSockets
- **JavaScript Fetch API** - Asynchronous Data Fetching
- **HTML, CSS, Bootstrap** - Frontend Design
- **Memurai (Redis alternative)** - Caching and Performance Boost
## 🔗 Setup Instructions
1. **Clone the Repository:**
```sh
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/buzzchat.git
cd buzzchat
```
2. **Create a Virtual Environment:**
```sh
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
```
3. **Install Dependencies:**
```sh
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
4. **Apply Migrations:**
```sh
python manage.py migrate
```
5. **Run the Server:**
```sh
python manage.py runserver
```
6. **Access the Application:**
Open your browser and go to [http://127.0.0.1:8000](http://127.0.0.1:8000)
## 🤝 Contribution
Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have a feature request, feel free to open an issue.
## 📜 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.