chat-app

An HTML and WebSockets chat application built in Go.

Features:

• Multiple chatrooms

• Multiple users

• Web UI to view chatrooms

Installation

Redis - Install Redis to handle authentication https://redis.io/downloads/

$ git clone https://github.com/nicolasgarza/chat-app/
$ cd chat-app
$ redis-server
$ go run cmd/server/*.go

In a separate terminal window, run this command:

$ go run cmd/client/client.go

Using the CLI

client.go is a CLI that spawns a new user and allows you to send messages.

Adding users

Open another terminal shell and run client.go to spawn a new user in a chatroom.

Sending messages

Once you run client.go, you will be prompted to send messages.

Viewing messages

Open http://localhost:8080 in a browser to view the messages in different chatrooms.

Terminating the sessions

Use Ctrl+c in the terminal session where the server is running to terminate the application.