Chat server

This is a simple sample of an online chat server.

Requirement

1. Have Python 2.7 installed globally;
2. Have pip and virtualenv installed globally.

Installation

1. Download this repository $ git clone https://github.com/shisaq/chat-server.git
2. On the root of this repository, open your terminal
3. Get the permission to read, write and execute: $ chmod 755 ./run.sh
4. Run $ ./run.sh to install dependencies
5. Open your browser, type localhost:5000 or 127.0.0.1:5000
6. (optional) If you prefer, you can run npm install to customize the front-end works

How it looks

Hit enter to register

Users list

Popup private room

Caller and callee popup together

Hit enter to send message

Private messages

Users list refresh dynamically

Technique stack

• Flask
• SocketIO
• React

Known issues

• Scorll bar cannot scroll to bottom automatically when finished initially loading the room messages.
• Messages actually store in localStorage. They may conflate when another user login at the same computer with the prior one.
• It has not fitted for multiple sizes of screens.
• Sometimes it may judge a user offline, due to unstable network.
• Rooms list is an array now. But it should be an object, including every item named by the room name. Just like Room messages object.

Liscense

MIT