Chat21 is the core of the open source live chat platform Tiledesk.com.

Features

With Chat21-ionic you can:

Send a direct message to a user (one to one message)
View the messages history
The read receipts feature allows your users to see when a message has been sent, delivered and read
Conversations list view with the last messages sent (like Whatsapp)
With the Presense Manager you can view when a user is online or offline and the inactivity period
Responsive design (desktop and mobile)
View the user profile with fullname and email
Login with email and password (Use firebase email and password authentication method )
Signup with fullname, email, password and profile picture
Contacts list view with fulltext search for fullname field

Live Demo

Visit https://web.chat21.org/ to see a live demo of chat21-ionic.

Documentation

In progress git

Prerequisites

Install nodejs: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
Install Ionic CLI: npm install -g ionic
Install Cordova : npm install -g cordova@7.0.1
A Firebase project. Create one free on https://firebase.google.com
"Chat21 Firebase cloud functions" installed. Instructions:https://github.com/chat21/chat21-cloud-functions

Installation

Install the latest stable release. Check on Github page the last release under the Releases tab and then run

git clone https://github.com/frontiere21/chat21-ionic.git --branch <LATEST-RELEASE-VERSION>
cd chat21-ionic

Build running: npm install

Firebase

Create a Firebase account
Create a Firebase project in the Firebase console, if you don't already have one. https://console.firebase.google.com/
Deploy Chat21 Firebase Cloud Functions as described here: https://github.com/chat21/chat21-cloud-functions

Configuration

Configure the file environment.ts in src/environments folder:

export const environment = {
    supportMode: true,
    CHAT_SEND_BY_EMAIL_LINK: '<CHAT-TRANSCRIPT-URL>',
    FIREBASESTORAGE_BASE_URL_IMAGE: 'https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/',
    DASHBOARD_URL: '<YOUR-DASHBOARD-URL>/',
    URL_PROJECT_ID: '<YOUR-DASHBOARD-URL>/#/project/',
    production: false,
    remoteConfig: true,
    remoteConfigUrl: '/firebase-config.json',
    firebaseConfig: {
        apiKey: '123ABC..',
        authDomain: 'XYZ.firebaseapp.com',
        databaseURL: 'https://XYZ.firebaseio.com',
        projectId: 'XYZ',
        storageBucket: 'XYZ.appspot.com',
        messagingSenderId: '123456',
        chat21ApiUrl: '<YOUR_CHAT21_CLOUD_FUNCTION_FIREBASE_ENDPOINT>'
    }
}
};

(optional) Update app.module.ts file:
- open /src/app/app.module.ts and change tenant name
Update app constants in src/utils/constants.ts

Push notification

open /src/firebase-messaging-sw.js and replace messagingSenderId: with < your messagingSenderId > More info here : https://angularfirebase.com/lessons/send-push-notifications-in-angular-with-firebase-cloud-messaging/
firebase-messaging-sw.js must be accessible in the root of the webapp, for example (https://support.tiledesk.com/firebase-messaging-sw.js)
After the build process, check the property gcm_sender_id of the manifest.json file. The correct value for firebase is: "gcm_sender_id": "103953800507"

(Optional) Authenticate with email password

Config Firebase auth In the Firebase Console open the Authentication section > SIGN IN METHOD tab you need to enable the Email/password Sign-in Provider and click SAVE. This will allow users to sign-in the Web app with their Email https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/

Run App on Browser

Now you will need to serve the app. Run: ionic serve in the terminal.

Add browser platform and build it

Run: cordova platform add browser@latest
Run: ionic cordova build browser

Deploy

Deploy on a Web Server (Apache or Nginx)

Copy the content of the directory platforms/browser/www to your WebServer public dir.

Deploy on Firebase hosting

Install the Firebase CLI. run: npm install -g firebase-tools
Run: firebase login (these steps can be avoided if you have already done before)
Change directories in the terminal to your desired project directory(run: cd platforms/browser) and run: firebase init
- select hosting (press Spacebar to select) and press return
- select your project and press return
- answer the following questions:
  - "what do you want to use as your public directory?" www and press return
  - "configure as a single-page app?" N and press return
  - "file www/index.html alredy exists. Overwrite?" N and press return
Run: firebase deploy
In your firebase consol click hosting and click on link your project More info here https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/quickstart?authuser=0

Run on Android

Run on simulator : ionic cordova run android
Run on device : ionic cordova run android --device

Run on iOS

Run on simulator : ionic cordova run ios
Run on device : ionic cordova run ios --device

Run with docker

To run Chat21-ionic on port 8080 run:


curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chat21/chat21-ionic/master/env.sample --output .env

nano .env #configure .env file properly

docker run -p 8080:80 --env-file .env chat21/chat21-ionic

horustaxi/chat21-ionic