MyChaty

=====================

this is a simple chat application created with socket.io and node.js. this is a sample for real time data Synchronization .

Project Structure

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Project
+-- data
|   +-- pending.json
|   +-- user.json
+-- public
|   +-- client.js
+-- views
|   +-- index.jade
+-- .env
+-- .gitignore
+-- app.js
+-- package.json
+-- Procfile
+-- README.md

Dependencies

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"engines": {
  "node": "6.9.1"
},
"dependencies": {
  "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
  "express": "^4.14.0",
  "jade": "^1.11.0",
  "jquery": "^3.1.1",
  "jsonfile": "^2.4.0",
  "socket.io": "^1.7.2"
}

Installation

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• use git to get the project git clone https://github.com/ddrdushy/myChatApp.git

• get in to the project folder cd myChatApp

• install dependencies npm install

• change the listen URL of the client vim public/client.js

• change the line

  var socket = io('http://mychaty.herokuapp.com');
  

  to

  var socket = io('http://localhost:3000');
  

• run the application npm start

API Description

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Send Message to a specific user

GET /api/:from/:to/:message

from    : User name who sending the message
to      : User who receive the message
message : Message to be sent to the user

Note : If the user is not active the message will be stored in the pending.json file. it will sent back to the user when the user connects.

get the online users list

GET /api/onlineusers

output

{
    "ddr":"0F5cODZRJkEguDgeAAAA",
    "dushy":"guhQSpIu3h9XM9MVAAAB"
}