Important
This repository uses the Ably Pub/Sub approach for building chat apps. We now offer Ably Chat—a new family of SDKs and APIs that streamline development and manage realtime chat complexity for you. For a modern, easier way to create chat experiences, visit our Ably Chat documentation.
Basic Go chat program using Ably for networking.
Firstly you need to replace the YOUR_API_KEY text in .env.example with your Ably API key and re-name the file to .env. You can sign up for an account with Ably and access your API key from the app dashboard. We keep the API key in .env and ignore it in .gitignore to avoid accidentally sharing the API key.
Next, run the application with the following line, specifying your ClientID as an argument, and you're ready to start communicating over Ably!
~ $ go run chat.go YOUR_USERNAME