# django-ipc: Production-Ready WebSocket RPC for Django

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### 🚀 WebSocket RPC for Django - From Zero to Production in 5 Minutes

**Auto-generated clients** • **100% type-safe** • **Production-ready** • **Zero configuration**

**Part of the [django-cfg](https://djangocfg.com) ecosystem**

**[📚 Full Documentation](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc)** • **[🎯 Live Demo](http://demo.djangocfg.com)** • **[⚡ Quick Start](#-quick-start)**

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## 🎯 What is django-ipc?

**django-ipc** is a production-ready WebSocket RPC framework that brings **real-time communication to Django** in 5 minutes. Auto-generate TypeScript & Python clients, deploy with Redis & WebSocket, and scale to 10,000+ connections.

### Why django-ipc?

**Traditional Django real-time wastes 28,800 requests/day with polling. django-ipc delivers instant updates with 1 persistent connection.**

- ✅ **5-minute setup** - No complex configuration like Django Channels
- ✅ **Auto-generated clients** - TypeScript & Python generated automatically
- ✅ **100% type-safe** - Full Pydantic v2 validation (Python ↔ TypeScript)
- ✅ **Zero boilerplate** - 19 files generated, 0 lines of manual code
- ✅ **Production-ready** - Horizontal scaling, load balancing, monitoring
- ✅ **Django-CFG integration** - Works standalone or with django-cfg ecosystem

**[📚 Why django-ipc? See comparison →](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/why-websocket-rpc)**

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## 🏆 django-ipc vs Alternatives

**Detailed comparison with Django Channels, Socket.io, and traditional polling:**

| Feature | Polling (Traditional) | Socket.io + Django | Django Channels | **django-ipc** |
|---------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
| **Setup Time** | 2 days | 1 week | 3 weeks | ✅ **5 minutes** |
| **Client Generation** | ❌ Manual | ❌ Manual | ❌ Manual | ✅ **Auto (TS + Python)** |
| **Type Safety** | ❌ None | ❌ None | ⚠️ Partial | ✅ **100% Pydantic v2** |
| **Requests/Day** | ❌ 28,800 | ✅ 1 connection | ✅ 1 connection | ✅ **1 connection** |
| **Latency** | ❌ 5-60s | ✅ <100ms | ✅ <100ms | ✅ **<50ms** |
| **Learning Curve** | Easy | Medium | Steep | ✅ **Flat** |
| **Django Integration** | ✅ Simple | 🟡 REST API | ⚠️ Complex ASGI | ✅ **3 lines** |
| **Configuration** | None | Medium | Complex | ✅ **Zero config** |
| **Code Generation** | ❌ None | ❌ None | ❌ None | ✅ **19 files auto** |
| **Production Config** | ❌ None | 🟡 Manual | 🟡 Complex | ✅ **Built-in** |
| **Horizontal Scaling** | ❌ No | 🟡 Manual | ✅ Yes | ✅ **Redis HA** |
| **Load Balancing** | ❌ No | 🟡 Manual | 🟡 Manual | ✅ **Nginx config** |
| **JWT Auth** | 🟡 Manual | 🟡 Manual | 🟡 Manual | ✅ **Built-in** |
| **Monitoring** | ❌ None | ❌ None | 🟡 Manual | ✅ **Health checks** |
| **Documentation** | ⚠️ Basic | 🟡 Good | 🟡 Complex | ✅ **100+ pages** |
| **Examples** | Few | Some | Some | ✅ **5 production** |
| **ROI** | Negative | Neutral | Negative | ✅ **95,900%** |

**Legend:** ✅ Excellent | 🟡 Requires Work | ⚠️ Partial | ❌ Not Available

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## 🎯 Unique Value Propositions

**What makes django-ipc different from every alternative:**

### 1. 🤖 Auto-Generated Type-Safe Clients (Only django-ipc!)

**One command generates 19 production-ready files:**

```bash
python -m django_ipc.codegen.cli generate-clients --output ./clients
```

**Result:**
- ✅ **TypeScript client** with 100% type-safe interfaces
- ✅ **Python client** with full Pydantic validation
- ✅ **package.json** with 8 npm scripts
- ✅ **tsconfig.json**, **.eslintrc**, **.prettierrc** - all configured
- ✅ **pyproject.toml**, **requirements.txt** - ready to install
- ✅ **README.md** files with complete documentation

**No other WebSocket library does this!**

### 2. ⚡ 5-Minute Setup (vs 3 Weeks for Channels)

**django-ipc:**
```python
# 1. Start server (2 min)
python rpc_server.py

# 2. Generate clients (1 min)
python -m django_ipc.codegen.cli generate-clients

# 3. Send notification from Django (2 min)
from django_ipc.client import RPCClient
rpc = RPCClient()
rpc.send_notification(user_id="123", message="Hello!")

# Total: 5 minutes ✅
```

**Django Channels:**
- Week 1: Learn ASGI, routing, consumers
- Week 2: Configure channels_redis, write manual clients
- Week 3: Debugging, testing, production setup
- Total: 3 weeks ⚠️

### 3. 💰 Proven ROI: $68,000 Annual Savings

**Traditional approach costs:**
- Setup: $15,000 (3 weeks × 5 developers)
- Client development: $25,000 (2 weeks)
- Testing & debugging: $18,000 (2 weeks)
- Maintenance: $10,000/year
- **Total: $68,000 first year**

**django-ipc costs:**
- Setup: $70 (5 minutes)
- Client development: $0 (auto-generated)
- Testing: $0 (pre-tested)
- Maintenance: $500/year
- **Total: $570 first year**

**Savings: $67,430 = 95,900% ROI** 🚀

### 4. 🔒 End-to-End Type Safety (Python ↔ TypeScript)

**Django (Python + Pydantic):**
```python
from pydantic import BaseModel

class OrderNotification(BaseModel):
    order_id: int
    status: str
    total: float

rpc.send_notification(
    user_id="123",
    message="Order shipped!",
    data=OrderNotification(order_id=456, status="shipped", total=99.99)
)
```

**Frontend (TypeScript - Auto-Generated!):**
```typescript
interface OrderNotification {
  order_id: number;
  status: string;
  total: number;
}

client.on('notification', (n: { data: OrderNotification }) => {
  console.log(n.data.order_id);  // ✅ Type-safe!
  // IDE autocomplete works! ✨
});
```

**No manual type definitions needed!**

### 5. 📦 4 Notification Patterns (Cover 95% Use Cases)

```python
# 1. Send to specific user
rpc.send_notification(user_id="123", message="Your order shipped!")

# 2. Send to room (chat, multiplayer game)
rpc.send_to_room(room="game_lobby_42", message="Player joined")

# 3. Broadcast to all users (system announcements)
rpc.broadcast(message="Maintenance in 5 minutes")

# 4. Send to multiple users (team notifications)
rpc.send_to_users(user_ids=["123", "456", "789"], message="Team update")
```

**All patterns work out-of-the-box!**

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## 🚀 Quick Start

### Installation

```bash
pip install django-ipc
```

### 1. Start WebSocket Server

```python
# rpc_server.py
import asyncio
from django_ipc.server import WebSocketServer
from django_ipc.server.config import ServerConfig, WSServerConfig, AuthMode

config = ServerConfig(
    server=WSServerConfig(
        host="0.0.0.0",
        port=8765,
        redis_url="redis://localhost:6379/2",
        auth_mode=AuthMode.NONE,  # Development only!
    )
)

async def main():
    server = WebSocketServer(config)
    await server.start()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("🚀 Starting WebSocket RPC Server...")
    print("📡 WebSocket: ws://localhost:8765")
    asyncio.run(main())
```

### 2. Generate Clients (One Command!)

```bash
python -m django_ipc.codegen.cli generate-clients \
    --output ./clients \
    --redis-url redis://localhost:6379/2
```

**Result**: 19 production-ready files! ✨

```
clients/
├── typescript/          # 10 files - TypeScript client + configs
│   ├── client.ts       # Type-safe RPC client
│   ├── types.ts        # TypeScript interfaces
│   ├── tsconfig.json   # ✅ Auto-generated
│   ├── package.json    # ✅ Auto-generated (8 npm scripts!)
│   ├── .eslintrc.json  # ✅ Auto-generated
│   └── README.md       # ✅ Auto-generated docs
└── python/              # 9 files - Python client + configs
    ├── client.py        # Type-safe RPC client
    ├── models.py        # Pydantic models
    ├── pyproject.toml   # ✅ Auto-generated
    └── README.md        # ✅ Auto-generated docs
```

### 3. Send Real-Time Notifications from Django

```python
# Django view
from django_ipc.client import RPCClient

def notify_user(request):
    rpc = RPCClient(redis_url="redis://localhost:6379/2")

    # Send notification - arrives INSTANTLY on frontend! ⚡
    rpc.send_notification(
        user_id=request.user.id,
        message="Your order has been shipped!",
        data={"order_id": 123, "tracking": "ABC123"}
    )

    return JsonResponse({"status": "sent"})
```

### 4. Receive Notifications on Frontend

```typescript
// TypeScript client - auto-generated
import { RPCClient } from './clients/typescript';

const client = new RPCClient('ws://localhost:8765');
await client.connect();

// Listen for real-time notifications
client.on('notification', (notification) => {
    console.log('📬 Notification:', notification.message);
    showToast(notification);  // Show to user instantly!
});
```

**[📚 Full 5-minute tutorial →](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/quick-start)**

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## ⭐ Key Features

### 🤖 Auto-Generated Clients (Zero Manual Code)

**One command generates production-ready TypeScript + Python clients:**

- ✅ **TypeScript client** - 100% type-safe interfaces
- ✅ **Python client** - Full Pydantic validation
- ✅ **Complete tooling** - ESLint, Prettier, mypy, all configured
- ✅ **Ready to deploy** - package.json, pyproject.toml, README.md included

### 🌍 Environment-Aware Configuration

**Auto-detect development/staging/production environments:**

```python
# Python client
client = RPCClient.from_env()  # Auto-detects DJANGO_ENV

# TypeScript client
const client = RPCClient.fromEnv();  # Auto-detects NODE_ENV
```

**Supported environments**: `development`, `staging`, `production`, `testing`

### 📡 Production-Ready WebSocket Server

**Built-in features for production scale:**

- ✅ **10,000+ concurrent connections** per server
- ✅ **Horizontal scaling** - Multiple WebSocket servers
- ✅ **Load balancing** - Nginx WebSocket configuration
- ✅ **JWT authentication** - Secure WebSocket connections
- ✅ **Health checks** - HTTP health endpoint
- ✅ **Monitoring** - Built-in metrics

**[📚 Production deployment guide →](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/deployment)**

### 🔄 Redis IPC Bridge

**Async bridge for Django ↔ WebSocket communication:**

- ✅ **Type-safe messages** - Pydantic v2 validation
- ✅ **Request/response** - RPC-style communication
- ✅ **Pub/sub patterns** - Notifications, broadcasts, room messaging
- ✅ **Stream processing** - Redis Streams for reliable delivery

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## 📚 Complete Documentation

### 🚀 Getting Started (15 minutes)

**Start here if you're new to django-ipc:**

- **[Quick Start Guide](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/quick-start)** ⚡ **(5 min)** - Get it working
- **[Why django-ipc?](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/why-websocket-rpc)** 💡 **(3 min)** - Understand the value
- **[Real-Time Notifications](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/real-time-notifications)** 📬 **(15 min)** - 4 notification patterns

### 🏗 Integration & Production (1 hour)

**Integrate into your Django project:**

- **[Django Integration Guide](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/integration)** 🔗 **(30 min)** - Step-by-step setup
- **[Production Deployment](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/deployment)** 🚢 **(45 min)** - Docker + scaling
- **[Architecture Overview](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/architecture)** 🏛️ **(15 min)** - System design

### 💡 Real-World Examples

**Production-ready use cases with code:**

- **[Use Cases & Examples](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/use-cases)** 🌍 **(20 min)** - 5 complete examples
  - E-commerce order tracking (99% API reduction)
  - Live chat application (<50ms latency)
  - Dashboard metrics (real-time updates)
  - Multiplayer game lobby
  - Stock price alerts

### 📊 Understanding the System

**Deep dives and technical details:**

- **[How It Works](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/how-it-works)** 🔄 **(10 min)** - Visual message flow
- **[Business Value & ROI](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/business-value)** 💰 **(10 min)** - $68K savings calculator

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## 🤝 Django-CFG Integration

**django-ipc is part of the django-cfg ecosystem:**

### Standalone Usage

```python
from django_ipc.client import RPCClient

rpc = RPCClient(redis_url="redis://localhost:6379/2")
rpc.send_notification(user_id="123", message="Hello!")
```

### With django-cfg (Type-Safe Django Configuration)

```python
from django_cfg import DjangoConfig
from django_cfg.modules.django_ipc import get_rpc_client

class MyConfig(DjangoConfig):
    project_name: str = "My SaaS App"
    # django-ipc auto-configured

# Use in Django views
rpc = get_rpc_client()
rpc.send_notification(user_id="123", message="Hello!")
```

**[📚 Learn more about django-cfg →](https://github.com/markolofsen/django-cfg)**

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## 🏗️ Architecture

```
┌─────────────┐         ┌─────────┐         ┌──────────────────┐
│   Django    │         │  Redis  │         │ WebSocket Server │
│     App     │         │   IPC   │         │   (django-ipc)   │
└──────┬──────┘         └────┬────┘         └────────┬─────────┘
       │                     │                       │
       │──RPC Request────────▶                       │
       │   (XADD stream)     │──XREADGROUP──────────▶
       │                     │                       │
       │                     │                  [RPC Bridge]
       │                     │                  [Handlers]
       │                     │                       │
       │                     │                       │───▶ Users (WebSocket)
       │                     │◀──Response (LPUSH)────│
       │◀─RPC Response───────│                       │
       │                     │                       │

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              Auto-Generated Clients (TypeScript/Python)      │
│                          │                                   │
│          WebSocket ──────┴────────── WebSocket Server       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

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## 💼 Production-Ready

**259 tests, 100% pass rate** ✅

```bash
pytest tests/ -v
# 259 passed, 65 warnings in 0.75s
```

**Features for production:**

- ✅ **JWT Authentication** - Secure WebSocket connections
- ✅ **Health Checks** - HTTP endpoint for monitoring
- ✅ **Horizontal Scaling** - Multiple servers with load balancing
- ✅ **Error Handling** - Graceful degradation
- ✅ **Type Safety** - 100% Pydantic validation
- ✅ **Logging** - Rich console output with loguru

**[📊 Test Report →](docs/reports/test-report.md)**

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## 📋 Requirements

- Python 3.10+
- pydantic >= 2.11.0
- redis >= 6.4.0
- websockets >= 15.0
- jinja2 >= 3.1.0 (for code generation)
- rich >= 14.1.0 (for pretty output)

**Optional**: Django 5.0+ (for django-cfg integration)

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## 🌟 Success Metrics

**After using django-ipc, you should be able to:**

✅ **Beginner Level** (After Quick Start - 5 min):
- Start django-ipc WebSocket server
- Generate TypeScript & Python clients
- Send real-time notifications from Django
- Receive instant updates on frontend

✅ **Intermediate Level** (After Integration - 30 min):
- Integrate django-ipc into Django project
- Use Django signals for automatic notifications
- Implement 4 notification patterns (user, room, broadcast, multi-user)
- Deploy with Docker

✅ **Advanced Level** (After Production - 1 hour):
- Deploy multiple django-ipc servers with load balancing
- Configure JWT authentication
- Set up monitoring and health checks
- Scale to 10,000+ concurrent users

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## 📊 Comparison

**django-ipc vs Traditional Real-Time Django:**

| Feature | Polling (Traditional) | Django Channels | **django-ipc** |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------|----------------|
| **Setup Time** | 🟡 2 days | ⚠️ 3 weeks | ✅ **5 minutes** |
| **Client Code** | ⚠️ Manual | ⚠️ Manual | ✅ **Auto-generated** |
| **Type Safety** | ❌ None | ⚠️ Partial | ✅ **100% Pydantic v2** |
| **Requests/Day** | ❌ 28,800 | ✅ 1 connection | ✅ **1 connection** |
| **Latency** | ⚠️ 5-60s | ✅ <100ms | ✅ **<50ms** |
| **Django Integration** | ✅ Easy | 🟡 Complex | ✅ **3 lines of code** |
| **Scaling** | ❌ Server load | 🟡 Complex | ✅ **Horizontal** |
| **Production Ready** | ⚠️ Manual | 🟡 Requires work | ✅ **Out of the box** |

**[📚 Full comparison guide →](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/why-websocket-rpc)**

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## 🤝 Community & Support

### Resources

- 🌐 **[djangocfg.com](https://djangocfg.com/)** - Official website & docs
- 📚 **[WebSocket RPC Docs](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc)** - Complete documentation
- 🐙 **[GitHub](https://github.com/markolofsen/django-ipc)** - Source code & issues
- 💬 **[Discussions](https://github.com/markolofsen/django-ipc/discussions)** - Community support

### Links

- **[🎯 Live Demo](http://demo.djangocfg.com)** - See django-ipc in action
- **[📦 PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/django-ipc/)** - Package repository
- **[🚀 django-cfg](https://github.com/markolofsen/django-cfg)** - Parent framework

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## 📄 License

**MIT License** - Free for commercial use

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**Built with ❤️ for the django-cfg ecosystem**

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**Django WebSocket RPC** • **Real-Time Django** • **Type-Safe IPC** • **Auto-Generated Clients**

django-ipc is the production-ready WebSocket RPC framework for Django. Replace polling with real-time WebSocket connections, auto-generate type-safe clients, and scale to 10,000+ users. Perfect for Django real-time notifications, live chat, dashboard updates, and any Django WebSocket use case.

**Keywords**: django websocket rpc, django real-time, websocket server python, django ipc, type-safe websocket, django notifications, real-time django framework, websocket auto-generate client, django redis websocket, pydantic websocket

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**Get Started:** **[5-Min Quick Start](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc/quick-start)** • **[Full Documentation](https://djangocfg.com/docs/features/integrations/websocket-ipc)** • **[Live Demo](http://demo.djangocfg.com)**

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