stream-chat

Real-time Messaging

This feature allows you to send real-time messages in a chat channel. The code sample demonstrates how to initialize the StreamChat client, create a channel, and send a message.

const StreamChat = require('stream-chat').StreamChat;
const client = new StreamChat('api_key');

async function sendMessage() {
  const channel = client.channel('messaging', 'general', {
    name: 'General Chat',
  });
  await channel.create();
  await channel.sendMessage({
    text: 'Hello, world!',
    user_id: 'user123',
  });
}
sendMessage();

User Management

This feature allows you to manage users within the chat application. The code sample demonstrates how to create or update a user with specific attributes.

const StreamChat = require('stream-chat').StreamChat;
const client = new StreamChat('api_key');

async function createUser() {
  await client.upsertUser({
    id: 'user123',
    name: 'John Doe',
    role: 'user',
  });
}
createUser();

Channel Management

This feature allows you to manage chat channels. The code sample demonstrates how to create a new chat channel with a specific name and type.

const StreamChat = require('stream-chat').StreamChat;
const client = new StreamChat('api_key');

async function createChannel() {
  const channel = client.channel('messaging', 'general', {
    name: 'General Chat',
  });
  await channel.create();
}
createChannel();

Message Reactions

This feature allows users to add reactions to messages. The code sample demonstrates how to send a message and then add a 'like' reaction to that message.

const StreamChat = require('stream-chat').StreamChat;
const client = new StreamChat('api_key');

async function addReaction() {
  const channel = client.channel('messaging', 'general');
  await channel.create();
  const message = await channel.sendMessage({
    text: 'Hello, world!',
    user_id: 'user123',
  });
  await channel.sendReaction(message.id, {
    type: 'like',
    user_id: 'user123',
  });
}
addReaction();