delabere / Gif-Chat-FlaskApp

This chat application inserts a contextual GIF inline with your messages, powered by the GIPHY API.

Gif-Chat

Gif-Chat is a chat application running on a flask backend. It uses websockets and API calls to the backend to update the chat in real time amongst multiple users. You have a 50% chance of your message being enriched with a Gif!

I hope that it proves fun. http://209.97.176.130/ (not currently up)

application.py

This file contains the view functions for login and chat pages

templates

This folder contains .html template files for the login and chat pages

static

This folder contains css and javascript code for the project

data.json

This is the file which stores message data including gif url endpoints

requirements.txt

run "pip install -r requirements.txt" to install all project requirements.

running the app

run

python app.py