Chat Room

Real time multi user chat app with stored chat history.

Technologies

Languages: Go, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Backend:
- Websocket and REST API built with Socket.IO, Gorilla, and MongoDB
- Deployed with Docker on Azure Cloud Kubernetes Cluster
Frontend:
- Built with Vue.js and Bootstrap

Functionality

The Chat API provides two endpoints to receive and delete the chat history from the database in MongoDB.
API Connection:

GET: BASE_URL/API/MESSAGES
- RESPONSE: ID, USER, TEXT, DATE
DELETE: BASE_URL/API/DELETE

Users can connect to the chat room and send or receive messages in real time
New users are greeted with a welcoming message. Messages are displayed with the user, text, and date
The user can also close the chat for all connected user by sending a disconnecting message that disables further messages
Users can see messages from different users in real time
The chat history is fetched or deleted via an own REST API connected to MongoDB

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