Golang chat server 🏓

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Try it out!

• Install mongodb
• Clone repo to $GOPATH/src/github.com/octohedron/goddit
• Install dependencies

$ go get

• Build the binary

$ go build

• Edit the .env file in the root of the repository with your values

# from reddit.com/prefs/apps
APPID=YOUR_APP_ID
APPSECRET=YOUR_APP_SECRET
GODDITADDR=YOUR_SERVER_ADDR # i.e. http://localhost:9000
GODDITDOMAIN=YOUR_DOMAIN # i.e. localhost / goddit.pro
GPORT=9000 # 9000 / 80
GCOOKIE=YOUR_COOKIE # i.e. goddit
MONGO_ADDR=YOUR_MONGO_ADDR # i.e. 127.0.0.1, 172.17.0.1 for docker, etc
MONGO_USER=YOUR_MONGO_USER # i.e. username
MONGO_PASS=YOUR_MONGO_PASS # i.e. hunter2

• Run it manually

$ nohup ./goddit &

• Run it with Docker

docker rm goddit && docker build -t goddit . && docker run --name goddit -p 9000:9000 -it goddit

Features

• Crawls popular subreddits (first 25) and adds them as chatrooms in a separate goroutine (for faster startup) when you start the program
• Loads previous chatroom history (up to 150 messages) when switching rooms
• Authorizes via reddit and pairs a cookie with a user in the server for Authorization
• Only broadcasts messages to those present in the room, not to others in different rooms
• Different color avatars, autogenerated from placeskull.com
• Enforces a single WebSocket for each client, closing the connection when switching rooms
• Each client reads and writes to a different goroutine (2 goroutines/client)
• Database writes are performed in a separate goroutine

CONTRIBUTING: Yes

LICENSE: MIT