GoTalk

Index

• About
• Features
• Instructions for running locally
• Screenshots
• Tech Stack
• File Structure
• Authors and Contributors

About

GoTalk is a real-time chatting application developed using Golang and Gorilla Websockets as its core tech stack. This project aims to facilitate communication between users along with retrieving past chats.

Features

• User Authentication: Secure user login and registration using Firebase Authentication.
• Real-Time Messaging: Instant message sending and receiving using WebSockets.
• Past Chat Retrieval: Retrieve and display previous chat messages from the Firebase real-time database.
• Responsive UI: A user-friendly interface developed with JavaScript and basic styling.

Instructions for running locally

Initial steps

1. Clone the repository by using the below command:

$ git clone https://gitlab.com/hacktivists/gotalk.git
$ cd gotalk

2. Open the chat application window.

This can be done in two ways:

• Open the "index.html" directly in the web browser.
• Run the following command in the terminal:

$ <browser_name> index.html

3. The web app would start running at http://localhost:3000

Screenshots

Tech Stack

Frontend:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Bootstrap

Backend and database management:

• Gorilla web socket (Used Golang)
• Firebase Console

File Structure

• Presentation has been attached as and presentation.pdf and presentation.pdf with the relevant contents within Presentation/
• Screenshots have been attached in Screenshots/

Authors and Contributors

• Swasti Mishra, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
• Shreya Ojha, TCET Mumbai
• Krishika Mehta, IIIT Allahabad
• Samriddhi Tiwari, IIIT Guwahati