Socket io chat

A custom socket io server implementation created for chat applications.

Installation

Install the service with npm

  npm i @bititude/socketio-chat

Usage/Examples

With Express app

const express = require('express');
const { ChatService } = require('@bititude/socketio-chat');
const http = require('http');

const app = express();
const server = http.createServer(app);

new ChatService({
    srv: server,
});

server.listen(3000);

Without a server like express

const {ChatService} = require('@bititude/socketio-chat');

new ChatService({
    srv: 3000,
});

Options

ChatService accepts different options

Name	Type	Required	Description
srv	Number/HttpServer	Yes	http server, port
log	Boolean	No	Enable/Disable logs default true
onUserConnect	Function	No	On User connection event listener
onOnlineStatusSend	Function	No	On User online status send event listener
onRoomsJoined	Function	No	On Rooms joined by a user event listener
onMessageRecieved	Function	No	On message recieved event listener
authenticateUser	Function	No	Authentication method

Example

new ChatService({
    srv: 3000,
    onUserConnect: (user: User)=>{
      console.log(user)
    },
    onOnlineStatusSend: (connected: boolean)=>{
      console.log(`User is ${connected? 'connected': 'disconnected'}`)
    },
    onRoomsJoined: (rooms: string[])=>{
      console.log('user joined rooms:', rooms)
    },
    onUserConnect: (message: Message)=>{
      console.log(`A new message recieved from ${message.from}`,message.content)
    },
    authenticateUser: (auth)=>{
      if(auth.token === '#token'){
        return user;
      }
      return null
    }
});

NOTE: if authenticateUser is not passed socketio connection won't be authenticated.

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