Real-Time Chat with Socket Programming
Socket.IO chat app with personal DMs, group rooms, and a Groq-powered AI assistant tab — all over one WebSocket connection.
About this project
Computer Networks term project. The app supports three tabs over a single Socket.IO connection: direct messages between any two users, group chats with create/join lifecycle, and an AI tab that proxies to Groq's Llama 3.3 70B endpoint. The backend is FastAPI with python-socketio (ASGI), keeping users and rooms in process memory rather than persisting to a database — a deliberate scope decision so the project stayed focused on socket events rather than DB plumbing. Images are sent as base64 data URLs over the WebSocket, and unread badges are tracked per-conversation on the client.
- Three conversation modes (DM / group / AI) multiplexed over one Socket.IO connection
- FastAPI + python-socketio ASGI mount, in-memory user/room state
- AI tab proxies to Groq Llama 3.3 70B with per-user routing
- Base64 image messages, unread-badge tracking, duplicate-username protection
Key features
Direct messages
1-to-1 between users
Group rooms
Create + join lifecycle
AI assistant
Groq Llama 3.3 70B
Image sharing
Base64 over WebSocket
Screenshots
Group chat room dark mode
AI Chat
Private Chat
Tech stack
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