Chat app using Ably Broadcaster+Echo

Demo web-chat app using Ably Broadcaster+Echo based on laravel.

Features

• Public chat rooms for a guest user.
• Laravel built-in user authentication (registration + login).
• Private chat rooms with presence for authenticated users.
• Typing indicator for private rooms.
• Join multiple rooms simultaneously.

Requirements

1. PHP version >= 8.0
2. Node.js >= 18.x.x.

SETUP

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/giauphan/websocket.git websocket
cd websocket

2. Create the .env file in the project root. Copy contents from .env.example into .env.
3. Set ABLY_KEY in .env file .

ABLY_KEY=ROOT_API_KEY_COPIED_FROM_ABLY_WEB_DASHBOARD
ABLY_DISABLE_PUBLIC_CHANNELS=false
ABLY_TOKEN_EXPIRY=3600
ABLY_SYNC_SERVER_TIME=false

4. Install dependencies.

composer install
npm i 

5. Create simple sqlite db file.

 touch database/database.sqlite // On linux
 New-Item database\\database.sqlite -type file // On windows poweshell

6. Set DB_DATABASE in .env file .

DB_DATABASE=/Path/to/database/db.sqlite

7. Generate application encryption key.

  php artisan key:generate

8. Run all of db migrations.

php artisan migrate

9. Start server.

php artisan serve

npm run dev

10. Access the web app via http://127.0.0.1:8000.

Screenshots

Public room