https://github.com/andrew-boutin/go-chat
Golang chat application with Google authentication.
https://github.com/andrew-boutin/go-chat
docker docker-compose gin go google-api makefile redis
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Golang chat application with Google authentication.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/andrew-boutin/go-chat
- Owner: andrew-boutin
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2018-02-21T17:34:46.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-02-06T20:08:38.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-12T18:31:22.441Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: docker, docker-compose, gin, go, google-api, makefile, redis
- Language: Go
- Homepage: https://andrewboutin.com
- Size: 229 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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README
# Go Chat
A chat app written in Go with Google authentication. Chat with other users. This project was primarily for learning Go and brushing up on things such as Redis and Docker.
## Run
Pre-requisites: Install `docker`, and follow *One Time Set Up* below.
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`Go` chat on `localhost:8080`.
## One Time Set Up
Create a Google application in [Google Developer Console](https://console.developers.google.com). Then, create a Client ID and Client Secret.
Create `creds.json` with properties `cid` and `csecret`. These should contain your Client ID and Client Secret values. This enables Google authentication.
## Technology
- Uses [Redis](https://redis.io/) as a store for connection and user info.
- [Gin](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin) and [Gin Sessions](https://github.com/gin-contrib/sessions) are used for middleware and session management which is tied into the Redis store.
- [Google OAuth API](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2) integrations allow a user to login through Google so that go-chat can access their basic userinfo.
- [Glide](https://github.com/Masterminds/glide) is used for dependency management.
## References
- [Go Chat App](https://scotch.io/bar-talk/build-a-realtime-chat-server-with-go-and-websockets) for Gorilla WebSocket info.
- [Ramblings of a Build Engineer](https://skarlso.github.io/2016/06/12/google-signin-with-go/) was used as a guide for this.
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