Chat system
Introduction
ROQ’s chat system is a fully-fledged messaging interface that enables your app’s users to chat in realtime.
The chat system uses a secure websocket socket connection to send and receive realtime messages. It can be integrated into your application within a few minutes and customized to your requirements. It is highly flexible, and using a combination of the customizable UI widgets for chat and the API; you could achieve a wide range of flexibility - from a private messenger-like experience to even a slack-like experience.
Highlights
- One-to-one chats
- Conversations among multiple users
- Rich-text editor for messages
- File-uploads
API
ROQ's chat solution can also be used programmatically using graphQL, or our SDKs. Read the Chat API documentation here.
UI Components
ROQ’s chat system is rendered by these UI components:
- The
<Chat/>UI component represents the chat message center with sidebar and the chat window. - The
<MessageBell/>component renders an icon symbol which informs the user about incoming message.
Tutorials
Learn how to develop chat using API with detailed tutorials in the tutorials section.