Laravchat

Laravchat is a real-time chat package that will enable logged in users in an application to start conersations with other users and chat in real-time for Laravel 5.4+, _(*1)

Installing

To install the package just run, _(*2)

composer create-project frutdev/laravchat

After this you'll have to have some things, follow these instructions:, _(*3)

First of all you will need to run, _(*4)

composer require pusher/pusher-php-server "~3.0"
npm install
npm install --save laravel-echo pusher-js

This package uses Carbon package so make sure to run, if you don't have it already:, _(*5)

composer require nesbot/carbon

Run, _(*6)

php artisan make:auth

Run, _(*7)

php artisan vendor:publish

And select Frutdev\Laravchat\LaravchatServiceProvider, _(*8)

After doing this add the following line to your the mix in webpack.mix.js, _(*9)

.js('resources/assets/laravchatjs/laravchat.js', 'public/js')

Configure your .env file with your Pusher Key and go to vendor/frutdev/laravchat/src/resources/js/bootstrap.js and modify YOUR_APP_KEY and YOUR_APP_CLUSTER with the corresponding pusher key and cluster., _(*10)

In config/broadcasting.php add the following to the options in pusher, _(*11)

'cluster' => 'us2',
'encrypted' => true,

Run, _(*12)

npm run dev

If you are using Vue.js in your aplication this might be a little tricky but I will look into how to merge my file with js/app.js, _(*13)

Within your resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php, _(*14)

Add on top, _(*15)

<link href="{{ asset('css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

And on the bottom remove, _(*16)

<script src="{{ asset('js/app.js') }}"></script>

and add, _(*17)

<script src="{{ asset('js/laravchat.js') }}"></script>

ALMOST THERE!, _(*18)

Uncomment App\Providers\BroadcastServiceProvider::class provider within config/app.php Run, _(*19)

php artisan migrate
php artisan serve

Go to your localhost and enter /chat, _(*20)

Versioning

V 1.0, _(*21)

Authors

Carlos Frutos - Developer

Notes

If you have recomendations for a better UI I'm all ears!
First package so if there are things that can be upgraded for installation please tell me.
Still more things to come and upgrade.