Chat App

Welcome to the Chat App! This is a simple chat application built with Flask and Socket.IO.

Features

• Real-time messaging with Socket.IO
• Join chat rooms with a unique room ID
• Server logs connection and disconnection events
• Messages stored in JSON files for each chat room

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Austin-Holdheide/socketio-chat.git

2. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the application:

   python app.py

   The app will be accessible at http://127.0.0.1:5000/.

4. Open your browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:5000/ to access the chat app.

Usage

• Open the chat app in your browser.
• Enter your desired username and chat room ID.
• Start chatting in real-time!

Folder Structure

• templates: HTML templates for the application.
• chatjson: Folder to store JSON files containing chat data.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to the project! Fork the repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request.

Incoming Features

• sqlserver3: Planing to has a sql database to mange chat data insteed of tons of json files.
• Active Conections: Planing to add a box to the side that has all the people connected to a room.
• accounts: Make accounts to have a DM service on it.
• HTTPS support: This one is self explantory.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.