Using django signals in channels consumer classes

Question

I am trying to develop an auction type system, where a customer makes an order, and then different stores can offer a price for that order.

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Answer 1

For those who still have problems with web sockets, this could be helpful:

from api.models import Order, OrderOffer
from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
import channels.layers
from channels.generic.websocket import JsonWebsocketConsumer
from django.db.models import signals
from django.dispatch import receiver


class OrderOfferConsumer(JsonWebsocketConsumer):
    def connect(self):
        async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_add)(
            'order_offer_group',
            self.channel_name
        )
        self.accept()

    def disconnect(self, close_code):
        async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_discard)(
            'order_offer_group',
            self.channel_name
        )
        self.close()

    def receive_json(self, content, **kwargs):
        print(f"Received event: {content}")

    def events_alarm(self, event):
        self.send_json(event['data'])

    @staticmethod
    @receiver(signals.post_save, sender=OrderOffer)
    def order_offer_observer(sender, instance, **kwargs):
        layer = channels.layers.get_channel_layer()
        async_to_sync(layer.group_send)('order_offer_group', {
            'type': 'events.alarm',
            'data': {
                'text': 'Offer received',
                'id': instance.pk
            }
        })

In urls.py you need to register a new webscoket route:

websocket_urlpatterns = [url(r'^order_offer$', OrderOfferConsumer)]