A Socket.io Chat Server Demo

Building and running a server

To build a project:

$ cd server
$ npm install
$ npm run build

To run a server:

$ cd server
$ npm start

or in debug mode:

$ DEBUG=server,chat npm start

To run tests:

$ cd server
$ npm test

To run a linter:

$ cd server
$ npm run tslint

Testing manually

To connect with wscat:

$ wscat -c 'wss://localhost:3000/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=websocket' -n

Commands:

Command	Description
42["join", {"channel": "room-1"}]	Join a public channel named "room-1"
42["join", {"channel": "room-2", "password": "secret"}]	Join a private channel named "room-2"
42["message", {"channel": "room-1", "content": "Hello everyone from client 1 to channel 1!"}]	Send a message to a channel "room-1"
42["count", {"channel": "room-1"}]	Get users count in channel "room-1"
42["leave", {"channel": "room-1"}]	Leave a channel named "room-1"