Yet Another Simple Chat Server

Features

• Messaging
• Friend system
• Realtime message streaming
• Super fast and low resource usage

Prerequsities

• Rust 1.49+
• PostgreSQL 13+

Build

cargo build --release

Database Migrations

Add PostgreSQL bin directory to environment variable PATH, and lib directory to environment variable LIB, and then install diesel-cli:

cargo install diesel_cli --no-default-features --features postgres

After installation, run:

diesel migration run

Run

Configure database connection url via environment variable first:

Bash：

export DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@address/database

CMD：

set DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@address/database

PowerShell：

$env:DATABASE_URL="postgres://username:password@address/database"

Add PostgreSQL bin directory to environment variable PATH, and lib directory to environment variable LIB, and then you're ready to go.

API

Users /api/user

Login /login

HTTP POST
JSON { username: string, password: string }

Register /register

HTTP POST
JSON { username: string, password: string, confirmPassword: string, email: string }

Logout /logout

HTTP POST

Reset Password /password

HTTP POST
JSON { originalPassword: string, newPassword: string, confirmPassword }

Update Profiles /profiles

HTTP POST
JSON { username: string, email: string, phone: string, location: string, age: number, gender: number, avatar: string }

Get Current Profiles /profiles

HTTP GET

Get User Profiles /profiles/{userId}

HTTP GET

Search Users /search?patterns=string

HTTP GET

Get Friends List /friends

HTTP GET

Add as Friend /friends/{userId}

HTTP POST

Delete Friend /friends/{userId}

HTTP DELETE

Chat /api/message

List Chat Sessions /list

HTTP GET

Get Session History /history/{userId}

HTTP GET

Send Message /send

HTTP POST
JSON { toUser: number, messageType: number, message: string, quoteId: number }

Set Read Message /read/{messageId}

HTTP POST

Streaming Message /stream

WebSocket

Response

JSON { status: boolean, code: number, data: object?, message: string? }