README.md

EchoChat

This is a simple Flask-based chat application with basic features. There are plans add more features and improvements.

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Dependencies

• Flask - Web framework for Python
• Flask-Login - User session management for Flask
• SQLAlchemy - SQL toolkit and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
• SQLite - Embedded relational database engine
• Requests - HTTP library for Python
• Bleach - An HTML sanitization library
• Better Profanity - A profanity filter library
• Flask-SocketIO - WebSocket support for Flask applications
• Pillow (PIL Fork) - Python Imaging Library (PIL Fork)

Features

• Basic Input Validation, Sanitazion & CSPS/HSTS
• Login / Register
• Basic Dashboard
• Emojis
• Gif sharing using Giphy
• Image uploading, Image sending using IMGBB
• Create Room, Join Room, Edit Room, Leave Room, Private Rooms, User List
• SQLite Database
• Working HTML tags in messages <b>bold</bold>, <img> etc. and "``" for embed.
• Admin list with admin panel for managing users

To-Do List

• Room search
• Notification system & private messages
• Stream Video (one to one, one to many)
• Online Users
• GMAIL SMTP
• Voice record & transcribe?

How to use

1. Download/Clone repository.
2. Install the required dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt.
3. Set up your keys and variables in config.json.
4. Run the application with python app.py.
5. Visit http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.