Hi Dave, It depends on what the protocol for the chat room is, but Channels is more for hosting websocket-based applications than consuming them. I suspect you would be better off looking at websocket client libraries, if the chat socket is even accessible.
Andrew On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 4:45 PM Dave Holly <dave.ho...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Greetings, > > Is it possible to use Django Channels and websockets to monitor the chat > in twitch rooms, or other sites with chat rooms? I would like to display > extra graphics for users who send cheers of high amounts, like 1000, 2000, > etc. I have the display worked out in Django where I'm monitoring a simple > local chat. This would be used as an overlay web page for OBS for the > broadcaster. When someone posts a specific cheer amount, the javascript > displays a message or gif on the overlay web page with a short timeout. > It's basically to say Thank You to the tipper. > > I haven't found any documentation or tutorials on using Django Channels > for anything but setting up my own chat program. > > In the consumers, is there a way to connect to a site like twitch and > search the DOM for specific chat messages, like cheers? > > > Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/79ddc763-57d5-4757-9026-f0960b06c5a3%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/79ddc763-57d5-4757-9026-f0960b06c5a3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFwN1uqfVt4CSsJmV0bXjBobzZ4BNV%3DdaqKY7jaRHPEpHXCAzQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
