add icons and chatbox

chat_box/models.py

@@ -19,17 +19,11 @@ class Message(models.Model):
     body = models.TextField(verbose_name=_('body of comment'), max_length=8192)
 
     def notify_ws_clients(self):
-        # inform client that there is a new message
         notification = {
             'type': 'recieve_group_message',
             'message': '{}'.format(self.id)
         }
         channel_layer = get_channel_layer()
-        # print("user.id {}".format(self.user.id))
-        # print("user.id {}".format(self.recipient.id))
-
-        async_to_sync(channel_layer.group_send)("{}".format(self.user.id), notification)
-        async_to_sync(channel_layer.group_send)("{}".format(self.recipient.id), notification)
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         new_message = self.id

chat_box/views.py

@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.generic import ListView
+from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils import timezone
+
 
 from .models import Message
 
 
 class ChatView(ListView):
     model = Message
-    title = _('Chat Box')
+    context_object_name = 'messages'
     template_name = 'chat/chat.html'
+    title = _('Chat Box')
+
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        context = super(ChatView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        context['title'] = self.title
+        return context
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return None
+
+
+def send(request):
+    new_message = Message(body=request.POST['message'],
+                          author=request.profile,
+                          time=timezone.now())
+    new_message.save()
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('chat'))