mikpim01 / django_blender

Blender as Python module in Django with Channels and Celery to task queuing

Blender as module with Django Channels and Celery

This example shows how using Blender as Python module in Django project with Celery to task queuing. Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42nvLjOv8Ng

Building dependencies and setup environment

Custom Python build with enable-shared

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.2/Python-3.5.2.tgz
tar -xvf Python-3.5.2.tgz
cd Python-3.5.2
./configure --prefix=/opt/py35 --enable-shared
sudo make install

Create virtual environment for project

/opt/py35/bin/python3 -m venv ~/django-blender-env

Build Blender as module

Get source

mkdir ~/blender-git
cd ~/blender-git
git clone https://git.blender.org/blender.git
cd blender
git submodule update --init --recursive
git submodule foreach git checkout master
git submodule foreach git pull --rebase origin master

Build Blender dependencies

cd ~/blender-git
./blender/build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh

Compile Blender

mkdir ~/blender-git/build
cd ~/blender-git/build
cmake ../blender -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL=OFF -DWITH_PLAYER=OFF -DWITH_PYTHON_MODULE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/django-blender-env/lib/python3.5/site-packages
make
make install

Setup Project

Make sure that you have installed Redis

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/redis-server
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis-server

Clone and install dependencies in virtual environment

cd ~/django-blender-env
source bin/activate
git clone https://github.com/hophead-ninja/django_blender.git
cd django_blender
pip install -r requirements.txt

Django migrations

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Run

Run server

python manage.py runserver

Run worker

celery worker -A django_blender -l info