hamchapman/html-chatbox

Build a HTML chatbox with Pusher's Chatkit

html-chatbox

How to build an HTML chatbox with Chatkit - https://pusher.com/tutorials/html-chatbox-chatkit

Getting Started

Clone the project repository by running the command below if you use SSH

$ git clone git@github.com:ammezie/html-chatbox.git

If you use https, use this instead

$ git clone https://github.com/ammezie/html-chatbox.git

After cloning,run:

$ npm install

Prerequisites

Sign up for Chatkit

To get started, sign up for Chatkit. Then create a Chatkit instance.

Open server.js and replace INSTANCE_LOCATOR and SECRET_KEY with your instance keys. Also, INSTANCE_LOCATOR inside index.html.

Finally, start the server:

$ node server.js

Then the client:

$ http-sever

Note: I'm using http-sever to start the client, you can use your preferred development server.

and visit http://localhost:8080/ to see the application in action.

Built With

• Chatkit - Developer-driven chat done simply.
• Express - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js