IonicFirebaseChat

IonicFirebaseChat is a sample chat widget powered by Firebase. We created a simple authentication system with email and Facebook support in Ionic.

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Setup

1.Setting up a Firebase Account

In order to user Firebase, you need to have an account with them. Url: https://www.firebase.com/signup/

2.Setting up a facebook App for Login

Login the firebase dashboard, and select the login&&Auth tab, select the facebook tab, fill the Facebook APP Id and Facebook App Secret. https://developers.facebook.com/

3.Install the lib by bower

bower install firebase --save
bower install angularfire --save
bower install angular-md5 --save  // md5 for Angular.js and Gravatar filter

4.Replace the firebase url with your's in www/js/configs.js

Data Structure

• users/

  • user-id
    • username - The display name of the user.
    • email - The user email.
    • connected - The user online or offline.

• rooms/

  • room-id
    • name -The room name.
    • type - The room type(private and public).
    • createdAt- The time at which the room was created.
    • ownerId - The room's owner id .

• room-messages/

  • room-id
    • message-id
      • sender_username
      • sender_email - For getting the gravatar.
      • content - The message content.
      • createdAt - The time at which the message was created.

Get help

• https://www.firebase.com/docs/web/libraries/ionic/guide.html
• https://www.firebase.com/docs/web/libraries/angular/api.html
• https://ccoenraets.github.io/ionic-tutorial/ionic-facebook-integration.html