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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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.
