Open sourcing BeeChat Client And Developer Documentation
BeeChat is real-time chat service for Hive built by Hive-Engine. You probably have read the announcement post by @aggroed. If you have a Hive account, you can start chatting immediately with other users from the websites which would implement BeeChat in them.
Hive-Engine is open sourcing BeeChat client website which may help other developers to add chat feature in their website or mobile apps.
BeeChat Demo: https://beechat.hive-engine.com/
BeeChat Client: https://github.com/hive-engine/beechat-frontend
Client website is written in Vue JS, the logic for implementation on other frameworks should be similar. In future we will provide a embed-able chat widget code which will make it very easy to add the chat in any website.
BeeChat Developer Documentation
API
Base URL: https://beechat.hive-engine.com/api
GET /users/login
Logs in a user.
Query Parameters
username
: String - Hive username, e.g.reazuliqbal
ts
: Number - Timestamp in miliseconds, e.g.1601355471900
sig
: String - Signedusername + timestamp
using user's posting/active key. e.g.reazuliqbal1601355471900
Example Response
{
"username": "reazuliqbal",
"admin": true,
"ws_token": "01EKC3JVR2D81AM8Z9S3Q0NVAJ"
}
GET /users/verify
Verifies if the current access token is valid. If the access token is not valid and there is a refresh token, then a new access token will be issued.
Query Parameters
No parameters are needed.
Example Response
{
"username": "reazuliqbal",
"ws_token": "01EKC3JVR2D81AM8Z9S3Q0NVAJ"
}
GET /users/refresh-token
Requests a new access token.
Query Parameters
No parameters are needed.
Example Response
{
"username": "reazuliqbal",
"ws_token": "01EKC3JVR2D81AM8Z9S3Q0NVAJ"
}
GET /users/friends
Returns user's friends and blocked list.
Query Parameters
No parameters are needed.
Example Response
{
"friends": ["codebull", "bdcommunity", "aggroed"],
"blocked": ["reazul-dev"]
}
GET /users/friend-requests
Returns an array of user's pending friend requests.
Query Parameters
No parameters are needed.
Example Response
[{
"id": "01EKC46ZMG111C2HYABE80WE8T",
"username": "reazul-dev"
}]
GET /users/settings
Returns user's settings.
Query Parameters
No parameters are needed.
Example Response
{
"dm": {
"only_from_friends": false
}
}
POST /users/settings
Updates the user's settings.
Payload
dm
- Object
--only_from_friends
: Boolean
Example Response
{
"dm": {
"only_from_friends": false
}
}
GET /users/channels
Returns an array of user-created channels.
Query Parameters
No parameters are needed.
Example Payload
[{
"moderators": [],
"members": ["reazuliqbal"],
"blocked": false,
"type": "channel",
"name": "BDCommunity Chat",
"creator": "reazuliqbal",
"created_at": "2020-09-29T05:17:43.848Z",
"updated_at": "2020-09-29T05:17:43.848Z",
"id": "01EKC4Q317YM484Z7BMVG9Y1K0"
},
....
....
]
POST /users/channels
Creates a new channel.
Payload
name
: String
Example Response
{
"id": "01EKC4Q317YM484Z7BMVG9Y1K0",
"name": "BDCommunity Chat",
"creator": "reazuliqbal"
}
GET /users/logout
Logs out the user.
GET /messages/conversations
Returns an array of user's conversations.
Query Parameters
No parameters are needed.
Example Response
[{
"moderators": [],
"members": ["codebull", "reazuliqbal"],
"blocked": false,
"type": "dm",
"creator": "reazuliqbal",
"created_at": "2020-09-29T04:09:31.453Z",
"updated_at": "2020-09-29T04:09:51.596Z",
"id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR"
},
.....
.....
]
GET /messages/conversation
Returns details of a conversation.
Query Parameters
id
: String - ID of a conversationids
: String - Comma separated IDs of conversations
Either id
, or ids
is required.
Example Response
{
"moderators": [],
"members": ["codebull", "reazuliqbal"],
"blocked": false,
"type": "dm",
"creator": "reazuliqbal",
"created_at": "2020-09-29T04:09:31.453Z",
"updated_at": "2020-09-29T04:09:51.596Z",
"id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR"
}
GET /messages/new
Return an array of unread messages.
Query Parameters
No parameters are needed.
Example Response
[{
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR",
"from": "codebull",
"to": "reazuliqbal",
"content": "Whats up?",
"timestamp": "2020-09-29T05:31:56.399Z",
"id": "01EKC5H3KFSWN7FE9XT497HGQT"
},
....
....
]
GET /messages/chats
Query Parameters
conversation_id
: String. Required - Conversation IDbefore
: Number. Optional - Timestamp from which to return messageslimit
: Number. Optional - Number of messages to return
Example Response
[{
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR",
"from": "reazuliqbal",
"to": "codebull",
"content": "Hey, first message from BeeChat",
"timestamp": "2020-09-29T04:09:31.473Z",
"id": "01EKC0T6JHCGEPGPSMRB3X88RR",
"read": true
}, {
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR",
"from": "codebull",
"to": "reazuliqbal",
"content": "Hey Hey!",
"timestamp": "2020-09-29T04:09:51.617Z",
"id": "01EKC0TT81T2WGRKKYPQRXWGVA",
"read": true
},
....
....
]
WebSocket
Server: wss://ws.beechat.hive-engine.com
A WebSocket server is for two way communication between a server and a user, this facilitates the real-time chatting. As soon as a user connects to the WebSocket server, they should authenticate themselves otherwise the connection will be closed by the server.
The server will only accept JSON message and will also reply in JSON.
Protocol
{
"type": String,
"payload": Object
}
Authentication
Authenticate the user with the server.
Message
{
"type": "authenticate",
"payload": {}
}
Response
{
"type": "status",
"payload": {
"authenticated": true
}
}
authenticated
could be true or false depending on the user's authentication status.
Create Conversation
Creates a DM or group conversation.
Payload
to
: String (dm) or Array (group)message
: String
Message
// DM
{
"type": "create-conversation",
"payload": {
"to": "reazuliqbal",
"message": "Hi"
}
}
// GROUP
{
"type": "create-conversation",
"payload": {
"to": ["codebull", "reazul-dev"],
"message": "This is a group conversation!"
}
}
Response
The server will respond with two messages. One for the created conversation and one for the new chat message.
{
"type": "conversation-created",
"payload": {
"moderators": [],
"members": ["codebull", "reazul-dev", "reazuliqbal"],
"blocked": false,
"type": "group",
"creator": "reazuliqbal",
"created_at": "2020-09-29T06:16:25.695Z",
"updated_at": "2020-09-29T06:16:25.695Z",
"id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER"
}
}
{"type":"chat-message","payload":{"id":"01EKC82JBDQD25B94NZRSH2FMX","conversation_id":"01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER","content":"This is a group conversation!","from":"reazuliqbal","to":null,"read":false,"timestamp":"2020-09-29T06:16:25.709Z"}}
Rename Conversation
Renames a group conversation. Only the creator can rename a conversation.
Payload
conversation_id
: String - ID of the conversation to be renamed.name
: String - New name
Message
{
"type": "rename-conversation",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"name": "The Awesome Group"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "conversation-renamed",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"name": "The Awesome Group"
}
}
Leave Conversation
Leaves a conversation.
Payload
conversation_id
: String - ID of the conversation.
Message
{
"type": "leave-conversation",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER"
}
}
Response
To user:
{
"type": "conversation-removed",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER"
}
}
To all members:
{
"type": "member-left",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"member": "codebull"
}
}
Chat Message
Send a new chat message.
Payload
conversation_id
: String - ID of the conversation.to
: String (dm) or null (group) - Username of the recipient or nullmessage
: String - Message to be sent to the chat
Message
// DM
{
"type": "chat-message",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR",
"to": "reazuliqbal",
"message": "Hey"
}
}
// GROUP
{
"type": "chat-message",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"to": null,
"message": "Hey!"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "chat-message",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKCA9BWCJXQEPMVF047QQFXW",
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR",
"content": "Hey",
"from": "codebull",
"to": "reazuliqbal",
"read": false,
"timestamp": "2020-09-29T06:55:05.613Z"
}
}
Delete Message
Deletes a message from chat. The sender can delete a message. Creator and Moderators can delete any message from a group chat.
Payload
id
: String - ID of the message
Message
{
"type": "delete-message",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKCAE9KSKTQ7SHX0P0PZZ53Z"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "message-deleted",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKCAE9KSKTQ7SHX0P0PZZ53Z"
}
}
Acknowledgment
Sets a conversation as read.
Payload
conversation_id
: String - ID of the conversation
Message
{
"type": "acknowledgment",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "acknowledged",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR"
}
}
Add Member
Adds a new member to a group conversation. Creator and Moderators can add a new member.
Payload
conversation_id
: String - ID of the conversation to be renamed.username
: String - New member's Hive username
Message
{
"type": "add-member",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"username": "bdcommunity"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "member-added",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"username": "bdcommunity"
}
}
Remove Member
Removes a member from a group conversation. Creator and Moderators can remove a member.
Payload
conversation_id
: String - ID of the conversation to be renamed.username
: String - Hive username of the member to be removed.
Message
{
"type": "remove-member",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"username": "bdcommunity"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "member-removed",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"username": "bdcommunity"
}
}
Add Moderator
Adds a new moderator for a group conversation.
Payload
conversation_id
: String - ID of the conversation.username
: String - Hive username of the member.
Message
{
"type": "add-moderator",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"username": "reazul-dev"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "moderator-added",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"username": "reazul-dev"
}
}
Remove Moderator
Removes a moderator. Only the Creator can remove a moderator.
Payload
conversation_id
: String - ID of the conversation.username
: String - Hive username of the member.
Message
{
"type": "remove-moderator",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"username": "reazul-dev"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "moderator-removed",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC82JAMV9JQ1PPG9CNDF3ER",
"username": "reazul-dev"
}
}
Request Friendship
Sends a friend request.
Payload
username
: String - Hive username
Message
{
"type": "request-friendship",
"payload": {
"username": "reazuliqbal"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "friendship-requested",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKCB8D4PVDHBQ4MC7T4JFYAB",
"username": "reazul-dev"
}
}
Accept Friendship
Accepts a friend request.
Payload
id
: String - ID of the friend request
Message
{
"type": "accept-friendship",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKCB8D4PVDHBQ4MC7T4JFYAB"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "friendship-accepted",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKCB8D4PVDHBQ4MC7T4JFYAB",
"username": "reazul-dev"
}
}
Reject Friendship
Rejects a friend request.
Payload
id
: String - ID of the friend request
Message
{
"type": "reject-friendship",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKCBKXX88MANDK8FWNQAG8AB"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "friendship-rejected",
"payload": {
"id": "01EKCBKXX88MANDK8FWNQAG8AB"
}
}
Remove Friendship
Removes a friend.
Payload
username
: String - Hive username
Message
{
"type": "remove-friendship",
"payload": {
"username": "reazul-dev"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "friendship-removed",
"payload": {
"username": "reazul-dev"
}
}
Block User
Blocks a user, blocking a user will remove them from the friend list.
Payload
username
: String - Hive username
Message
{
"type": "block-user",
"payload": {
"username": "codebull"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "user-blocked",
"payload": {
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR",
"username": "codebull"
}
}
Unblock User
Unblocks a user.
Payload
username
: String - Hive username
Message
{
"type": "unblock-user",
"payload": {
"username": "codebull"
}
}
Response
{
"type": "user-unblocked",
"payload": {
"username": "codebull",
"conversation_id": "01EKC0T6HEVRDP0CYGZAE6VVFR"
}
}
Re-authentication Required
Server will send reauthentication-required
message 1 minute before authentication is about to expire. Do listen to those messages for renewing authentication by requesting a new access token from the /users/refresh-token
API endpoint.
Response
{
"type": "reauthentication-required",
"payload": {
"username": "codebull"
}
}
Please note that this service is in Beta. If you find any bug, please report them to me @reazuliqbal (reazuliqbal#1149
). If you need any help in implementing this chat, feel free to contact me on Discord.
I am running a Hive Witness as @BDCommunity.
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So well documented, really appreciated. A chat option was one of the few missing pieces of a wholesome communication platform. Curiously following the developments.
More features to come. Thank you for your comment.
Good work, Will you opensource backend as well?
Thanks. For the backend we haven't decided yet.
https://twitter.com/Bhattg18/status/1310906110388269066
Nice app
there is DISCORD, nobody needs a HIVE Chat :D
Discord is super useful, but unfortunately can't be used on websites yet or logged in with hive credentials.
BeeChat is useful where hive users need to communicate on the website they are using without going to a separate app or website. For example the Alpha version of BeeChat is running on https://nftshowroom.com/ to enable quick chat between an artist and a collector.
i think discord is much better
It's different... "is useful where hive users need to communicate on the website they are using without going to a separate app or website. For example the Alpha version of BeeChat is running on https://nftshowroom.com/ to enable quick chat between an artist and a collector"
A slow computer would probably be very happy. :)
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Thank you :)
https://twitter.com/NathanMars7/status/1310951157305675776
Noice, We proud of you Rea 😂
Great development. I don't know much about coding and the technicals, but will it cost Ressource Credits in order to sent message over BeeChat. Are there any costs related to that service?
And I'm also curious what other kind features this tool might bring in the future? Emojis, stickers, nfts, Hive Engine Tokens....probably???
Exciting times, thanks for your great work!
No it won't cost you RC, there is also no monetary cost to use the service.
What about in reverse?
Give a small amount of reward for people to use the service which undoubtedly would gain you uptake.
Personally I think this is too little too late. Steemit needed this before communities or with the launch of communities. So many have left since those days and I would imagine 'lack of social engagement' is high on reasons why.
So if I was a developer here I would most definitely be creating an incentive for people that contribute to engagement to be rewarded incrementally. I would actually be further developing it as a 'mobile Blockchain portal' to Hive and to the world of Blockchain in general. To cater not just to the audience of Hive but the many that do all their chat on discord and other chat clients outside of Blockchains but are essentially 'Blockchain People'. That's a niche which would definitely find a 'crypto chat client' enticing and something that would give Hive and devs on this Blockchain clout.
That's what is missing in this so called "web 3.0" .. ACTUAL SOCIAL tools and engagement. That's why mainstream doesn't care much for what is provided here. When people start to take this seriously and develop for that audience, then, AND ONLY THEN will you get user growth.
At its core BeeChat is not a user facing service, it is built to help other Hive developers and service administrators to integrate a communication feature in their apps if there is a need.
For example, in NFT Showroom and similar Hive based websites we are building, we needed a simple chat service where buyers and sellers can communicate without hopping into another app, so we have decided to decouple the chat module and release it for everyone other websites we might need this.
Yeah I see. So it's not able to exist outside of the Hive system?
That's crazy that it wasn't until NFTshowroom came into existence that developers got that light bulb thought "we need chat." I remember when I joined steemit and realized that to chat to people one needed another service to do it outside of the system so I automatically concluded that blockchain was nowhere near a product ready for market. 3 years on, that assessment hasn't really changed.
I'm not critiquing you personally but what I find foolish here is that people want to onboard masses (hoping token price will benefit) but don't at all want to discuss that the product is too basic. Expecting people to leave the "evil mainstream platforms" without actually having a better service is just never going to be a reality.
Great Job. Hope this helps to attract more users to Hive. Proud of you, Panda
howdy ! ;)
Would you be willing to implement a method for sending out of band data so that things required for end to end encryption, such as key exchanges, are easier to implement on top of BeeChat?
I am not very clear on the end-to-end encryption, so can't comment on that.
https://twitter.com/FlagSteem/status/1311017276947066880
That's nice, good job.
https://twitter.com/hive_blockchain/status/1311306236198092800
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Great work bro. Nice documentation. I have a small suggestion. Please add a link to this documentation in the github readme. It will be easier to reach here for the developers in the future.
https://github.com/hive-engine/beechat-frontend
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Thanks very much for building on Hive.
Pleasure is mine :)
I mistakingly sold my Gold Lightning Dragon for 3.199$. It was meant to be 3199$. Are you here? Would you kindly return it, I'll return you your 3.199 and more if you wish. It was a dumb mistake, I don't know how it happened.
Interesting
Hello @reazuliqbal ... I do not know how else to contact you. so I am writing you about my POB token that I sold today at Hive-engine, the proceeds of which were transferred to my Hive account @mers... Can you please check on my transaction ID. "b4401600bb2235aab21f92fc1c28bff4563923c0" ? Until now, I haven´t gotten my hive transferred to my account. Kindly check because your name was listed below under BD Community in this transaction. Thank you. @mers
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Hi @reazuliqbal, would you have any problem if I fork your old Steem Escrow project and try and update it for Hive?
Feel free to fork it for Hive.
Maybe this should be taken care of on discord @reazuliqbal but can you take a look at the proofofbrain.io NFT market?
https://www.proofofbrain.io/nfts/
I look at the history of transactions and find that the buyer sends money but the artist never receives the money paid.
You can see a trade made today and the artist didn't receive payment.
https://he.dtools.dev/@jaxsonmurph?symbol=POB
Thanks for your attention^^
I am not aware of any problem. https://he.dtools.dev/@jaxsonmurph?symbol=POB website doesn't list complete NFT actions. Do not relay on it for the tracking, check the transaction history on the POB website.
Here I see a transfer but I don't see the POB added to his POB wallet:
https://he.dtools.dev/tx/49decb0490a47002034bf5a31a2e9cdf52e56d9b
There should be some notification in his wallet but there is nothing there:
https://www.proofofbrain.io/@jaxsonmurph/wallet
There should also be a notification of something in nft.pob's wallet but there is nothing there
https://www.proofofbrain.io/@nft.pob/wallet
Artists like to see some notification when they are paid.
Please look at the pob transactions in the above comment @reazuliqbal for there is no notification if pob was added to the wallet on the front end.
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