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-# /pong/settings.py
-
-"""
-Django settings for pong project.
-
-Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.2.
-"""
-
-import os
-import logging.config
-from pathlib import Path
-
-# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
-BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
-
-
-# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
-# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
-
-# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = '12345678'
-
-# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
-
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
-
-
-# Application definition
-
-INSTALLED_APPS = [
-    'django.contrib.admin',
-    'django.contrib.auth',
-    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-    'django.contrib.sessions',
-    'django.contrib.messages',
-    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
-    'channels', 
-    'pong.game',
-    'rest_framework'
-]
-
-MIDDLEWARE = [
-    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-]
-
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'pong.urls'
-
-TEMPLATES = [
-    {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'pong', 'static')],  # Ensure templates are found
-        'APP_DIRS': True,
-        'OPTIONS': {
-            'context_processors': [
-                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
-                'django.template.context_processors.request',
-                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
-            ],
-        },
-    },
-]
-
-ASGI_APPLICATION = 'pong.asgi.application'
-
-# Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#databases
-
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
-        'NAME': os.getenv('DB_NAME'),
-        'USER': os.getenv('DB_USER'),
-        'PASSWORD': os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
-        'HOST': os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
-        'PORT': '5432',
-    }
-}
-
-# Password validation
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
-
-AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
-    {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
-    },
-    {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
-    },
-    {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
-    },
-    {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
-    },
-]
-
-# Internationalization
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/i18n/
-
-LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
-
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
-
-USE_I18N = True
-
-USE_L10N = True
-
-USE_TZ = True
-
-
-# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/
-
-STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'pong/static')]
-STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
-
-# Default primary key field type
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
-
-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
-
-# Channels
-# Define the channel layers for WebSockets
-CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
-    'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'channels.layers.InMemoryChannelLayer',
-    },
-}
-
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,  # The version of the logging configuration schema
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,  # Allows existing loggers to keep logging
-    'formatters': {  # Defines how log messages will be formatted
-        'json': {
-            '()': 'pythonjsonlogger.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter',
-            # Formatter that outputs logs in JSON format, which is ideal for ingestion by Logstash.
-        },
-        'default': {
-            'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s [%(name)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s',
-            # This is a basic text formatter with timestamp, log level, logger name, line number, and the actual message.
-        },
-    },
-    'handlers': {  # Handlers determine where the log messages are sent
-        'file': {
-            'level': 'INFO',  # Minimum log level to be handled (INFO and above)
-            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
-            'filename': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'logs/django.log'),  # The file where logs will be saved
-            'formatter': 'json',  # Uses the JSON formatter defined above
-        },
-        'console': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',  # Minimum log level to be handled (DEBUG and above)
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'formatter': 'default',  # Uses the default text formatter
-        },
-    },
-    'loggers': {  # Loggers are the actual log streams that get configured
-        'django': {  # The Django logger catches all messages sent by the Django framework
-            'handlers': ['file', 'console'],  # Sends logs to both the file and the console
-            'level': 'DEBUG',  # Minimum log level to be logged
-            'propagate': True,  # If True, messages will be passed to the parent loggers as well
-        },
-    },
-}