simple-HTML-over-the-Wire-social-network/social_network/asgi.py

# social_network/asgi.py
import os
import django
from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "social_network.settings")
django.setup()

from channels.auth import AuthMiddlewareStack
from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter, URLRouter
from django.urls import re_path
from app.website.consumers import SocialNetworkConsumer

application = ProtocolTypeRouter(
    {
        # Django's ASGI application to handle traditional HTTP requests
        "http": get_asgi_application(),
        # WebSocket handler
        "websocket": AuthMiddlewareStack(
            URLRouter(
                [
                    re_path(r"^ws/social-network/$", SocialNetworkConsumer.as_asgi()),
                ]
            )
        ),
    }
)