README.md

WebPeerChat

Allows posting small (up to 304-bit) messages, signed with Ethereum accounts, to rooms identified by a 48-bit name. Clients can then watch rooms, which are synchronized using WebSockets (and, in a future, WebRTC). This is used as a sandboxed communication environment for Formality apps running on the Moonad ecosystem.

Server

To start a server, just do:

git clone http://github.com/moonad/webpeerchat
cd webpeerchat
node server.js 7171

Client

The code below will connect to a server running on localhost:7171, with a test Ethereum private key. It will then watch the room 0 and make an example post to it. It will then display on the console all posts of this room, and update in real-time whenever there is a new post.

var client = require("./client.js");
var api = client({
  url: "ws://localhost:7171",
  key: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
});

// When connected, watches room 0 and makes an example post.
api.on_init(() => {
  var room = "0x000000000000";
  var post = "0x1230000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000321";

  // Watches the room
  api.watch_room(room);

  // Posts a 304-bit message to it
  api.send_post(room, post);
});

// When there is a new posts, print all posts we have recorded.
api.on_post((post, Posts) => {
  console.clear();
  console.log(JSON.stringify(Posts, null, 2));
});