messages are not persistent

[antron3000]

Hi, I integrated the widget onto a website as per the instructions, but it seems the messages aren't persistent, and I can't see messages from anyone else.

My website:
http://testchat3.surge.sh/

[geleeroyale]

@iurimatias This issue still needs resolving it seems - implemented status chat widget in a ReactJS application to fulfill Status.im chat sponsoring EthCC [4]

You can access a preview here -> https://ethcc-interspace.netlify.app/

[Edit] It is possible to open the chat on multiple clients and chat between them, but sessions don't access older messages and in status.im app (android) messages don't turn up either

[iurimatias]

@antron3000 @geleeroyale in this version of whisper/waku the messages aren't persistent unless there are history nodes.

This repo is now very outdated, the protocol has evolved since then and you can find something more recent at https://github.com/status-im/js-waku , there is no widget yet though afak (cc: @D4nte)

[geleeroyale]

Thank you very much! It would be awesome to get some help here as we don't have resources to code up a full client implementation before ethCC starts 😳

Let's take the discussion to the waiku repo

[D4nte]

Can you please clarify what you are trying to achieve?

js-waku provide Waku v2 protocol building blocks. I made a simple example web chat using js-waku to demonstrate what can be done with js-waku here: https://github.com/status-im/js-waku/tree/main/examples/web-chat
But this is not a "full [chat] client implementation". Status does not use Waku v2 yet so it would not be possible to have a web client using js-waku on one side and the android app on the other.

I am also dogfooding js-waku by using the chat app. There are connectivity issues that I am yet to resolve waku-org/js-waku#185 that makes any web app built on top of js-waku simple PoC, I would not even call it beta.

[geleeroyale]

Thank you for clarification @D4nte - that is essentially what we wanted to do:

Have a chat window embedded on our site that would be connected to a public chat room that people could access in the Status.im app.