Spring Boot Websocket Chat Example

This is a simple Spring Boot web app that demonstrates using Websockets and STOMP protocol to implement a simple Chat Server. The Chat Html and Javascript.

It requires Java 8.

Building the Project

• Windows: mvnw.cmd clean install
• Linux/Mac:
  • chmod u+x ./mvnw
  • ./mvnw clean install

Run Locally

• Windows: mvnw.cmd spring-boot:run
• Linux/Mac: ./mvnw spring-boot:run

The following test can be run from the command line: curl -vk http://localhost:8080/ping

Should get a pong response

Running the Chat Application

In your browser, open up two tabs, both to http://localhost:8080/chat.html.

From within each tab, send chat messages. You should see the messages appear in both tabs.