Super simple chat server

This is a really basic socket.io chat server to be used for demo.

Listens for:

register

When you want to register a new user for the chat, emit the register event with an object payload keyed by desired user name.

socket.emit('register', { name: "StanTheMan" });

message

This sends a message to the chat server. Emit the message event with a payload keyed by text that is the text of your message.

socket.emit('message', { text: "Man I really don't like that stan guy." });

Emits:

init

This is emitted if you've registered or logged in successfully. The payload is an object that describes the current state of the chat.

	{
		users: [
			{
				id: {Number},
				name: {String},
				online: {Boolean}
			},
			...
		],
		messages: [
			.. the last 50 message objects
		],
		session: {
			.. your session information to store locally
		}
	}

message

This is emitted if there is a new message to the chat server. The payload will be an object with the structure:

{
	id: <messageId> {Number},
	text: "The message text" {String},
	timestamp: <timestamp in millis> {Number},
	author: "Author user name" {String},
	author_id: <author_id> {Number}
}

userchange

This is emitted if there is a change to the users connected to the server. The payload will be an object with the structure:

[{
	id: userId,
	name: username
}]

chaterror

This is emitted if there is an error in something you tried to do. The payload will be a string describing the error.