tse-single-chatroom

This is a simple application that provides semi-real-time chatting functionality. It emulates a single chatroom, where users can post and receive messages. No channels, no extra fluff.

Setup

If you do have Docker, follow these instructions:

1. Clone this repository. You should automatically be in the onboarding branch.
2. Run docker-compose build.
3. Run docker-compose up.

If you do NOT want to use Docker or you do not have it, follow these instructions:

1. Clone this repository. You should automatically be in the onboarding branch.
2. If you do not have yarn, please run npm install -g yarn.
3. Run cd frontend
4. Run yarn install
5. Run yarn start

Your Task

Your job is to add send message functionality back to the website. Right now, you can change your name and view messages in real-time, but you are unable to send messages.

Only file you should modify:

• frontend/src/components/MessageForm.js

Files you might find helpful:

• frontend/src/components/NameForm.js
• frontend/src/components/MessageList.js
• frontend/src/pages/Home.js

REST API

The backend has already been completed for you and is live here. A brief description of the API that it supports is given below. Hint: you will only need to look at the POST method!

• GET /api/messages?limit={LIMIT}&after={DATE}: The after and limit arguments are optional. The limit parameter limits the number of messages that are returned. The after parameter sets a minimum date for messages; all returned messages must have a creation date occurring AFTER the given date.

  Returns { success: true, data: [...] } on success.

  Returns { error: true, message: '...' } on error.

• POST /api/messages: Body of the message must be of the format { "sender" : "...", "content" : "..."} where sender is the name of the sender and content is the content of the message.

  Returns { success: true } on success.

  Returns { error: true, message: '...' } on error.