sockets work well enough

agiledev-students-spring2024 · Apr 25, 2024 · d227322 · d227322
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diff --git a/back-end/Server.js b/back-end/Server.js
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ io.use((socket, next) => {
 io.on('connection', (socket) => {
     console.log(`a user has connected, user id = ${socket.id}`);
 
-    socket.on('chat_message', (msg, otherUser) => {
-        io.to(otherUser).emit('chat_message', msg); //I think this will work...
+    socket.on('chat_message', (msg) => {
+        io.emit('chat_message', msg); 
     });
 
     socket.on('disconnect', () => {

diff --git a/front-end/src/ChatPage.js b/front-end/src/ChatPage.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function ChatPage() {
 
   //sends the message to the backend
   function sendToSocket(msg) {
-    socket.emit('chat_message', msg, otherperson_username);
+    socket.emit('chat_message', msg);
   }
 
   const getUser = async () => {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function ChatPage() {
         if (message.sender === user) {
            return <ChatBoxSender key={index} message={message.messagetext} user={message.sender} time={formattedTimestamp} />
         }else {
-        return <ChatBoxReceiver key={index} message={message.messagetext} user={message.recipient} time={formattedTimestamp} />
+        return <ChatBoxReceiver key={index} message={message.messagetext} user={message.sender} time={formattedTimestamp} />
         }
       })}
       <ChatExchange />