Make group_send/demultiplex encode classmethods

channels/binding/websockets.py

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from ..generic.websockets import JsonWebsocketConsumer, WebsocketDemultiplexer
 
 class WebsocketBinding(Binding):
     """
-    Websocket-specific outgoing binding subclass that uses JSON encoding.
+    Websocket-specific outgoing binding subclass that uses JSON encoding
+    and the built-in JSON/WebSocket multiplexer.
 
     To implement outbound, implement:
      - group_names, which returns a list of group names to send to
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class WebsocketBinding(Binding):
 
     model = None
 
-    # Optional stream multiplexing
+    # Stream multiplexing name
 
     stream = None
 
@@ -40,11 +41,7 @@ class WebsocketBinding(Binding):
         }
         # Encode for the stream
         assert self.stream is not None
-        payload = WebsocketDemultiplexer.encode(self.stream, payload)
-        # Return WS format message
-        return {
-            "text": json.dumps(payload),
-        }
+        return WebsocketDemultiplexer.encode(self.stream, payload)
 
     def serialize_data(self, instance):
         """

channels/generic/websockets.py

@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ class WebsocketConsumer(BaseConsumer):
         else:
             raise ValueError("You must pass text or bytes")
 
-    def group_send(self, name, text=None, bytes=None):
+    @classmethod
+    def group_send(cls, name, text=None, bytes=None):
         if text is not None:
-            Group(name, channel_layer=self.message.channel_layer).send({"text": text})
+            Group(name).send({"text": text})
         elif bytes is not None:
-            Group(name, channel_layer=self.message.channel_layer).send({"bytes": bytes})
+            Group(name).send({"bytes": bytes})
         else:
             raise ValueError("You must pass text or bytes")
 
@@ -153,8 +154,9 @@ class JsonWebsocketConsumer(WebsocketConsumer):
         """
         super(JsonWebsocketConsumer, self).send(text=json.dumps(content))
 
-    def group_send(self, name, content):
-        super(JsonWebsocketConsumer, self).group_send(name, json.dumps(content))
+    @classmethod
+    def group_send(cls, name, content):
+        WebsocketConsumer.group_send(name, json.dumps(content))
 
 
 class WebsocketDemultiplexer(JsonWebsocketConsumer):
@@ -195,17 +197,18 @@ class WebsocketDemultiplexer(JsonWebsocketConsumer):
             raise ValueError("Invalid multiplexed frame received (no channel/payload key)")
 
     def send(self, stream, payload):
-        super(WebsocketDemultiplexer, self).send(self.encode(stream, payload))
+        self.message.reply_channel.send(self.encode(stream, payload))
 
-    def group_send(self, name, stream, payload):
-        super(WebsocketDemultiplexer, self).group_send(name, self.encode(stream, payload))
+    @classmethod
+    def group_send(cls, name, stream, payload):
+        Group(name).send(cls.encode(stream, payload))
 
     @classmethod
     def encode(cls, stream, payload):
         """
         Encodes stream + payload for outbound sending.
         """
-        return {
+        return {"text": json.dumps({
             "stream": stream,
             "payload": payload,
-        }
+        })}

docs/generics.rst

@@ -175,6 +175,40 @@ that will do this for you if you call it explicitly.
 ``self.close()`` is also provided to easily close the WebSocket from the server
 end once you are done with it.
 
+.. _multiplexing:
+
+WebSocket Multiplexing
+----------------------
+
+Channels provides a standard way to multiplex different data streams over
+a single WebSocket, called a ``Demultiplexer``. You use it like this::
+
+    from channels.generic.websockets import WebsocketDemultiplexer
+
+    class Demultiplexer(WebsocketDemultiplexer):
+
+        mapping = {
+            "intval": "binding.intval",
+            "stats": "internal.stats",
+        }
+
+It expects JSON-formatted WebSocket frames with two keys, ``stream`` and
+``payload``, and will match the ``stream`` against the mapping to find a
+channel name. It will then forward the message onto that channel while
+preserving ``reply_channel``, so you can hook consumers up to them directly
+in the ``routing.py`` file, and use authentication decorators as you wish.
+
+You cannot use class-based consumers this way as the messages are no
+longer in WebSocket format, though. If you need to do operations on
+``connect`` or ``disconnect``, override those methods on the ``Demultiplexer``
+itself (you can also provide a ``connection_groups`` method, as it's just
+based on the JSON WebSocket generic consumer).
+
+The :doc:`data binding <binding>` code will also send out messages to clients
+in the same format, and you can encode things in this format yourself by
+using the ``WebsocketDemultiplexer.encode`` class method.
+
+
 Sessions and Users
 ------------------