all.chat.redis

Node.js demo chat app, where all rooms are on the home page. Messages are fanned with socket.io and redis pub/sub, uses RedisGears to re-generate the JSON snapshot cache.

How it works

Storage

Homepage snapshot in a simple string key (homepage_json)

Previous chat messages as a stringified JSON in a sorted set (room_messages:id)

room topics (and possibly other properties) in a hash (room_properties:id)

Users authentication uses JWT tokens with a simple username -> hashed password map (user_password_hash)

Running

clone/download repository

npm install

(start Redis with RedisGears module)

node demo_data.js // generate demo chat rooms with messages

node socket.js    // socket.io
node webserver.js

add to `hosts` `127.0.0.1 all.chat.redis`.

visit `http://all.chat.redis:2021`.