go-chat

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gotcha

gotcha is a chat-application developed with the help of websockets, server side is implemented in golang and client side implemetation uses jQuery, bootstrap, emojify and jQuery-fileupload

Installation

Assuming you have installed a recent version of Go, you can simply run

go get -u github.com/pratikju/gotcha

This will download gotcha to $GOPATH/src/github.com/pratikju/gotcha. From this directory run go build to create the gotcha binary.

Usage

Start the server by executing gotcha binary. By default, server will listen to http://0.0.0.0:8000 for incoming requests.

gotcha -h
Usage of gotcha:
  -b string
    	listen on HOST (default "0.0.0.0")
  -p int
    	use PORT for HTTP (default 8000)

Getting started

Connect to the server and start chatting with your friends. You can also share images, videos and lots more.

Authentication

Oauth2 authentication is added at login. Till now, only google and github provider are included. To add more providers,

• Add another package in oauth folder.
• Register the application at provider's developer console.
• Set Client ID, Client secret, redirect url, endpoint, scope and profilesURL in config file in that package.
• Then add the routes and corresponding handlers.

	http.HandleFunc("/authorize_<provider>", <provider>AuthorizationHandler)
   http.HandleFunc("/<provider>_home", <provider>CallbackHandler)

func <provider>AuthorizationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
   url := <provider>.AuthConfig.AuthCodeURL("")
   http.Redirect(w, r, url, http.StatusFound)
}

func <provider>CallbackHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
   config := <provider>.AuthConfig
   profilesURL := <provider>.ProfilesURL
   code := r.FormValue("code")
   handleCallback(w, r, config, profilesURL, code)
}

License

MIT, see the LICENSE file.