Real-time Chat Application with Bot Integration

This project is a real-time chat application that allows users to communicate instantaneously and includes a decoupled bot for automated message broadcasting. The application is built using Go for the backend, React for the frontend, and Docker for easy setup and deployment.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Go 1.19
• Node.js 14.17.0
• npm 6.14.13

Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone git@github.com:esirangelomub/go-chat-application.git

2. Build and Run the Docker image

   Run the Docker container

   docker-compose up --build -d  

3. Install backend dependencies

   go mod download

   or

   go get -d ./...

   or

   go mod tidy
   

4. Install frontend dependencies

   cd frontend
   npm install

   or

   cd frontend
   yarn install

5. Setup the database

   cd cmd/dbsetup
   go run main.go

Note: This action will delete all records in the relational database.

6. Run the application Backend server

   cd cmd/server
    go run main.go

   Backend chat

   cd cmd/server
    go run main.go

   Frontend
7. Run the application

   cd frontend
   npm start

   or

   cd frontend
   yarn start

Usage

1. Open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000
2. Register a new account
3. Login with your new account
4. Start chatting with other users
5. To test the bot, send a message with the following format: /stock=stock_code

Note: You'll need to open two different browsers (e.g. Chrome and Firefox)

Testing

go test ./...

Contact

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like to discuss this project further.

• Email: eduardo.sirangelo@gmail.com
• LinkedIn: Eduardo Sirangelo

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.