Messenger App

A role-based messaging app for academic use.

Messenger features:

• Friends list
• Chat rooms
• Message history
• Offline messaging
• Article repository
• Comment on articles
• Role-based commands
• Anonymity when posting articles and comments

See passwords.txt for existing accounts and their sign in details.

Roles

Admin:

• Can chat to anyone (Admin friends list contains every user that signs up).
• Set/Delete roles for any user.
• Mute/Unmute any user.
• Create articles.
• Modify/Delete articles created by any user.
• Comment on articles.
• Delete any comment.

Staff (Teacher, Teaching Assistant, Supervisor):

• Can chat with friends.
• Mute/Unmute Student users.
• Create articles.
• Modify/Delete articles created by themselves or by Student users.
• Comment on articles.
• Delete comments made by themselves or by Student users.

Student:

• Can chat with friends.
• Create articles.
• Modify/Delete their own articles.
• Comment on articles.
• Delete their own comments.

Commands

Type "!" in chat box to see role-specific commands.

Admin Commands:

• !role set
• !role delete
• !mute
• !unmute

Staff Commands:

• !mute
• !unmute

Muted users cannot join chat rooms or post/comment on articles.

Setup

To setup, install the packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Finally, add the authority certificate (certs/myCA.pem) as a trusted certificate to your internet browser.

Running the App

To run the app:

python app.py

Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5000

A Warning

Since cookies are shared across browser tabs, multiple different browsers are required to test client communication.

Tech Stack

• Python
• Flask
• Flask-SocketIO
• SQLAclhemy
• SQLite
• Jinja
• bcrypt
• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript

Javascript Dependencies

• Socket.io
• Axios
• jQuery
• Cookies

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