ChatAPI 1.0

Used Technology:

Python
Django
Django Rest Framework
Django Channels
Redis
Heroku
Postgresql
VueJS

Live server link

https://django-chat-api.herokuapp.com/

Features

Send message to a particular user
Updates Inbox when someone sends a new message
Updates status to online when a user logs in and updates status to offline when logs out
Can delete message
Paginated messages
Custom User Model

Commands

python manage.py createsuperuser - To create superuser

python manage.py collectstatic - Collects Static

python manage.py runserver

How to run on heroku

Login to your heroku dashboard and create a Heroku App
Payment verify your account in order to use addons
Download and install heroku cli
Open terminal in the working directory and run the following commands in your terminal
Run heroku login, this will open a tab in your browser, click login
Run heroku git:remote -a {your-app-name}
Run heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:<PLAN_NAME> -> if you want to buy any other plan
Run heroku addons:create heroku-redis
Run heroku config:set SECRET_KEY="YOUR_SECRET_KEY"
Run heroku config:set FIELD_ENCRYPTION_KEYS="FIELD_ENCRYPTION_KEYS"
Set database url in django settings
Run git add .
Run git commit -m"Application setup"
Run git push heroku master
Run heroku run python manage.py migrate

Database Design