Create a chat with strapi

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System Information
  • Strapi Version: 3.3.4
  • Operating System:
  • Database: Mongo
  • Node Version: 12.16.1
  • NPM Version:
  • Yarn Version: 1.19.1

I would like to know if there a way to create a chat discussion system with strapi ?
I would like an basic user can discuss about a content type created by an author user, and of course the user author can answer to the basic user with the strapi BO.

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Hi there Jean1
someone has written about this on medium: Adding Real-Time in Strapi with Socket.io | by Adfab 🚀 | Strapi | Medium
comes down to using socket.io for real time

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This not work anymore, When i copy the code to boostrap.js i have error

[2021-02-24T01:51:54.546Z] error TypeError: cb is not a function

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@Jean1 This is how I integrated socket.io with strapi

filename: bootstrap.js

module.exports = async () => {
  process.nextTick(() => {
    const io = require('socket.io')(strapi.server);
    io.on('connection', async (socket) => {
      // new connection
    }
  });
}
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