Build a Python Chat App with Django and React

Building a real-time chat messaging application involves creating both backend and frontend infrastructures that handle security and scalability. This tutorial guides users through developing a Python app using Stream's API for chat, leveraging technologies like Go, Raft, and RocksDB for handling WebSocket connections. It details setting up a React frontend with a demo chat UI using Node.js and Stream Chat SDK, then configuring a Django backend to manage user authentication and authorization with Djoser. Integration of React with Django is achieved using Django Rest Framework, and custom serializers are configured to generate tokens for accessing Stream's Chat Server. The tutorial also covers setting up CORS for Django, modifying the React frontend for authentication, and sending messages from the Python chat server. By following these steps, users can create a functional chat application supported by a development server, allowing for media upload, reactions, threads, and more.