Added rest service endpoint for getting all messages

README.MD

@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ This app is deployed to Heroku and can be accessed via https://gauri-golang-chat
 ### Dependencies
 * Using https://github.com/tools/godep for managing Dependencies.
 * Whenever new Dependencies are added / used, run `godep save ./...` . This will update Godeps/Godeps.json with new dependencies and copy the dependencies to vendor directory.
+
+### Rest Services
+* Get all the current messages from `/getAllMessages`

chat.html

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ <h1 class="text-center">Welcome to chat powered by Golang</h1>
     var message = document.getElementById("userMessage")
     var userName = document.getElementById("userName")
     var output = document.getElementById("output")
-    //alert("PORT ..s. "+location.hostname)
     var hostName = location.hostname;
     var socket;
     if(hostName.indexOf("herokuapp") !== -1){
@@ -88,8 +87,9 @@ <h1 class="text-center">Welcome to chat powered by Golang</h1>
       var userSpanNode = document.createElement("span");
       var boldNode = document.createElement("strong");
       var messageSpanNode = document.createElement("span");
-      userSpanNode.setAttribute("class","col-2");
-      messageSpanNode.setAttribute("class", "col-10");
+      userSpanNode.setAttribute("class","col col-md-4");
+      messageSpanNode.setAttribute("class", "col col-md-8");
+      divNode.setAttribute("class", "row");
       var userTextnode = document.createTextNode(messageDetails.userName+"-"+messageDetails.timestamp+" : ");
       var messageTextnode = document.createTextNode(messageDetails.body+ "\n");
       boldNode.appendChild(userTextnode);
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ <h1 class="text-center">Welcome to chat powered by Golang</h1>
       if(userName.value === "") {
         userName.value = "Anonymous"
       }
-      var currenTimeStamp = new Date().toLocaleString()
+      var time = new Date();
+      var currenTimeStamp = time.toLocaleString('en-US', { hour: 'numeric',minute:'numeric', hour12: true });
       var messageDetails = {
         userName: userName.value,
         body: message.value,

chat/server.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package chat
 import (
   "log"
   "net/http"
+  "encoding/json"
   "github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 )
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{
 
 type Server struct {
   connectedUsers map[int] *User
-  messages []*Message
+  Messages []*Message `json: messages`
   addUser chan *User
   removeUser chan *User
   newIncomingMessage chan *Message
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ type Server struct {
 }
 
 func NewServer() *Server {
-  messages := []*Message{}
+  Messages := []*Message{}
   connectedUsers := make(map[int]*User)
   addUser := make(chan *User)
   removeUser := make(chan *User)
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func NewServer() *Server {
 
   return &Server {
     connectedUsers,
-    messages,
+    Messages,
     addUser,
     removeUser,
     newIncomingMessage,
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func (server *Server) Done() {
 }
 
 func (server *Server) sendPastMessages(user *User) {
-  for _, msg := range server.messages {
+  for _, msg := range server.Messages {
   //  log.Println("In sendPastMessages writing ",msg)
     user.Write(msg)
   }
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ func (server *Server) Listen() {
   log.Println("Server Listening .....")
 
   http.HandleFunc("/chat", server.handleChat)
+  http.HandleFunc("/getAllMessages", server.handleGetAllMessages)
 
   for {
     select {
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ func (server *Server) Listen() {
       delete(server.connectedUsers, user.id)
 
     case msg := <-server.newIncomingMessage:
-      server.messages = append(server.messages, msg)
+      server.Messages = append(server.Messages, msg)
       server.sendAll(msg)
     case err := <-server.errorChannel:
       log.Println("Error : ",err)
@@ -132,3 +134,10 @@ func (server *Server) handleChat(responseWriter http.ResponseWriter, request *ht
 
 
 }
+
+
+func (server *Server) handleGetAllMessages(responseWriter http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+
+
+   json.NewEncoder(responseWriter).Encode(server)
+}