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A simple Django app to integrates with https://www.tawk.to/ chat.

Project description

django-tawkto

django-tawkto is a simple Django app to it integrates with https://www.tawk.to/ chat.

Requirements

Python 3.7 to 3.10 supported.

Django 2.2 to 4.0 supported.

Quick start

Install the stable release from pypi (using pip):

pip install django-tawkto

Add tawkto to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'tawkto',
]

Add TAWKTO_ID_SITE in settings.py:

TAWKTO_ID_SITE='<tawkto id site>'

(Optional) Add TAWKTO_API_KEY:

TAWKTO_API_KEY='<tawkto api key>'

(Optional) For secure site (requires TAWKTO_API_KEY):

TAWKTO_IS_SECURE=True

In HTML:

{% load tawkto_tags %}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    ...
</head>
<body>
    ...
    {% tawkto_script %}
</body>
</html>

(Optional) Add visitor name and email:

{% tawkto_script user_name=request.user.get_full_name user_email=request.user.email %}

(Optional) Use a different widget for a given property (default is the default value):

TAWKTO_WIDGET_ID = "default"

or

{% tawkto_script widget_id='somewidgetid' %}

(Optional) Use a different tawkto property:

{% tawkto_script id_site='tawktosideit' api_key='tawktoapikey'%}

(Optional) If you want to hide the chat for superuser (default is True):

TAWKTO_EXCLUDE_SUPERUSERS = True

(Optional) Set custom metadata regarding this chat/visitor:

  • is_secure must be True.
  • You must provide a valid email.
  • Metadata is represented by key and value.
  • The key is of the string data type and can contain only alphanumeric characters and ‘-‘ (dash).
  • More in https://developer.tawk.to/jsapi/ setAttributes section.
# view.py
def view(request):
    context = {'metadata': {'attr-1': 'value1', 'attr-2': 'value2'}}
    return render(request, 'template.html', context)

In template:

{% tawkto_script is_secure=True user_email=example@example.com extra_attributes=metadata %}

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