Yet another thorough solution to live performances with instant comments.

• cmtsvr/: Server-side application with Node.js.
• player/: Client-side HTML pages. These are automatically served by running the server-side application.

• Make sure you have a relatively-new version of Node.js installed. (v5.10.1 works, others untested)
• On your server, clone the repository and cd to the project in a terminal.
• Run cd ./cmtsvr.
• Run npm install to install dependencies.
• Run npm test to run tests. (Optional)
• Modify cmtsvr/main.js to set the passes of different roles.
• Run npm start to start the whole application.

• http://<ip>:6033/* will be the commenting API server.
• http://<ip>:6033/player/* will be the player's static file server.
• The ports above can be specified with the $PORT environment variable, for instance run PORT=8080 npm start.
• The default HLS stream to play is http://localhost:6060/master.m3u8.
  • Can be changed at player/play.html.
  • Can be tested with HLS Endless.

• (POST body): (String) the pass

Verification. Send a secret pass as the whole request body to prove that the server is an authorized IM server.

Body sample: $$$letmeinImtheWeChatserver$$$

• (POST body) uid_sub: (String) the sub-client ID

Creates a new sub-client. Enclose an ID (OpenID, etc.) of a user in the request to notify the server of a newcomer.

Body sample: uid_sub=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

• (POST body) uid_sub: (String) the sub-client ID
• (POST body) text: (String) the text of the comment
• (POST body) attr: (String) the attribute in the form of <colour>;<position>, where <position> is a character t (top) or b (bottom)

Creates a new comment. The sub-client ID should be registered by /new_client first.

Body sample: uid=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&text=Hello+World&attr=#ffffff;t

Note: bodies in encoded-form or JSON format can both be accepted.

• Remove /new_client and handle regstration internally (Done)
• Test the IM APIs (Done)
• Use an environment variable to decide the port to listen on (Done)
• Folder structure refactoring
• WeChat integration