Can Django be used to support WebSocket connections on the client side?

Django itself does not support WebSocket connections directly because it is a synchronous framework oriented towards HTTP requests. However, to work with WebSocket in Django projects, the Django Channels package is often used, which extends Django's capabilities to handle asynchronous protocols, including WebSocket.

Example of using Django Channels for WebSocket:

# consumers.py
from channels.generic.websocket import AsyncWebsocketConsumer
import json

class ChatConsumer(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
    async def connect(self):
        await self.accept()

    async def receive(self, text_data):
        await self.send(text_data=json.dumps({'message': text_data}))

Thus, Django can support WebSocket through extensions, but not out of the box.