LIVE CHAT SERVER

Live chat server in rust for a hackaton project.

INSTALLATION

You need to install Rust and Cargo:

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

USAGE

There are 3 routes:

Http

send a message to the room

POST "/chat/send-message"
{
    avatar_url: String,
    content: String,
    page_id: String,
    user_id: String,
    username: String,
}

check if the server is up and running

GET "/check-health"

Websocket

connect to a room and subscribe to events

GET "/chat/get-room?avatar_url=url&email=email&page_id=pid&user_id=uid&username=name"

The available events are:

enum ChatEvent {
    GetRoomUsers = "get_room_users"
    JoinRoom = "join_room"
    LeaveRoom = "leave_room"
    MessageReceived = "message_received"
    MessageSent = "message_sent"
    Typing = "typing"
}

TEST

cargo test

RUN

cargo run

BUILD

cargo build

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CAVEATS

• Some events can be broadcasted back to the sender. You may need to filter your own data on the frontend based on the user_id.

• This project is not secure. It allows requests from all origins and doesn't authenticate them with a cookie. It was just for a hackathon. I may improve it later.