Django Channels Error - Cannot import BACKEND 'asgi_redis.RedisChannelLayer'

Question

I have installed Django-Channels but while running the daphne-server I am getting this error given below:

File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chann         


        

Answer 1

Faced the similar issue. Solved it by installing channels_redis:

pip install channels_redis

Also using channel redis in setting too:

CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
    'default': {
        'BACKEND': 'channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer',
        'CONFIG': {
            'hosts': [('localhost', 6379)],
        },
    },
    'ROUTING': 'ws.routing.application',
}