import json from channels.generic.websocket import WebsocketConsumer from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync class ChatConsumer(WebsocketConsumer): def connect(self): self.room_group_name = 'test' async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_add)( self.room_group_name, self.channel_name ) self.accept() def receive(self, text_data): text_data_json = json.loads(text_data) message = text_data_json['message'] async_to_sync(self.channel_layer.group_send)( self.room_group_name, { 'type':'chat_message', 'message':message } ) def chat_message(self, event): message = event['message'] self.send(text_data=json.dumps({ 'type':'chat', 'username':self.scope["user"].username, 'message':message }))