React Chat Components

React Chat Components is a library of reusable and customizable components for building chat applications in React. Use the default components and themes or modify as you like with your own styles.

Usage:

1. You can start using our already built user interface right away by :

import React from 'react';
import { ChatListProvider } from './components/'
		
const App = () => {
  return (
    <ChatListProvider userData={yourUserData}/>
  )
}
    
export default App; 

Note : The userData prop is required for displaying the list. If the prop is not passed, only the header and the search bar are rendered.

2. To use a custom styling, you can pass a chatProviderClass to the ChatListProvider component.

import React from 'react';
import { ChatListProvider } from './components/'
		
const App = () => {
  return (
    <ChatListProvider 
      userData={yourUserData} 
      chatProviderClass="custom-chat-provider-class"
    />
  )
}

export default App;

Similarily, you can pass your own styles to other default components.

Example:

import React from 'react';
import { ChatListProvider, 
  ChatList,  
  ChatListHeader, 
  ChatListSearch 
} from './components';
    
const App = () => {
  return (
    <ChatListProvider 
      userData = {yourUserData}
      chatProviderClass = "your-custom-chat-provider-class" 
    >
      <ChatListHeader 
	chatHeaderClass = "your-custom-chat-header-class"
      />
      <ChatList 
	chatListClass = "your-custom-chat-list-class"
      />
      <ChatListSearch 
	chatSearchClass = "your-custom-chat-search-class"
      />
    </ChatListProvider>
  )
}

export default App; 

3. To use your custom components for the child components, i.e., Chat List,Chat Header and Chat Search, you can pass your custom built components either as children or as props.

import React from 'react';
import { ChatListProvider } from './components/'
		
const App = () => {
  return (
    <ChatListProvider 
      userData = {yourUserData} 
      customHeader = {//your custom Header}
      customList = {//your custom List}
      customsearch = {//your custom Seacrh bar}
    />
  )
}
    
export default App; 

Components

ChatListProvider

This is the main component and can be used as the only component to start up and use React Chat Component's default interface.

Props :

Prop name	Prop type	Description
userData	object (required)	This prop is used for passing user data for rendering the list of users.
chatProviderClass	string (optional)	This prop can be used for passing custom style for the component.
customHeader	react component (optional)	This prop can be used for passing custom header component.
customList	react component (optional)	This prop can be used for passing custom list component.
customSearch	react component (optional)	This prop can be used for passing custom search component.

ChatList

This is the component containing the list of all users along with their names, avatars and other details.

Props :

Prop name	Prop type	Description
chatListClass	string (optional)	This prop can be used for passing custom style for the component.
customChatListItem	react component (optional)	This prop can be used for passing custom chat list item component.

ChatListHeader

This is the header component of the chat list box.

Props :

Prop name	Prop type	Description
chatHeaderClass	string (optional)	This prop can be used for passing custom style for the component.

ChatListSearch

This is the search bar component of the chat list box.

Props :

Prop name	Prop type	Description
chatSearchClass	string (optional)	This prop can be used for passing custom style for the component.

User data object :

{
  id: 0,
  avatar: require(urlToAvatarImage),
  name: "Username",
  onlineStatus: "online",
  lastSeen: // last seen time as a Date() object ,
  previewMessage: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.",
  messages: [
    {
      messageId: 1,
      text: 'message text',
      receivedFrom: {},
    },
  ]
}