Chat App Example

react chat app real time introduction in the last guide, you got to know more about the @parse/react @parse/react helper library that quickly enables parse live query support on your react application the lib is written entirely in typescript, on top of parse javascript sdk , and is currently on the alpha version now, in this guide, you will use the parse react hook in a realistic situation creating a simplistic live chat application this app is composed of two react components that highlight the usefulness of parse’s live query and also show everything you need to know to create your complete live app parse react native is currently on the alpha version the lib is under testing, so we recommend proceeding with caution your feedback is very appreciated, so feel free to use the lib and send us your questions and first impressions by dropping an email to community\@back4app com prerequisites to complete this tutorial, you will need a react app created and connected to back4app complete the previous guide so you can have a better understanding of the parse react hook and live query if you want to test/use the screen layout provided by this guide, you should set up the ant design ant design library goal to build a live chat application on react using @parse/react @parse/react hook as an enabler for live query on parse 1 understanding and creating the database classes the chat application will be composed of two small database classes nickname nickname and message message nickname nickname only has a text field called name name and will represent the users in the application message message will hold any text message sent between two users, so it needs to have a text field called text text and two object pointer fields called sender sender and receiver receiver , both related to the nickname nickname class run the following snippet on your back4app dashboard’s javascript console to create these classes and populate them with some samples 1 // create nicknames 2 let nicknamea = new parse object('nickname'); 3 nicknamea set('name', 'smartboy22'); 4 nicknamea = await nicknamea save(); 5 let nicknameb = new parse object('nickname'); 6 nicknameb set('name', 'clevergirl23'); 7 nicknameb = await nicknameb save(); 8&#x9; 9 // create message linked to nicknames 10 let message = new parse object('message'); 11 message set('text', 'hi! how are you?'); 12 message set('sender', nicknamea); 13 message set('receiver', nicknamea); 14 message = await message save(); 15 console log('success'); 2 enabling live query now that you have created the nickname nickname and message message classes, we need to enable them with live query capabilities go to your back4app dashboard and navigate to app settings app settings > server settings server settings > server url and live query server url and live query after activating your back4app subdomain, you can then activate live query and select which db classes will be enabled to it make sure to select the new classes and save the changes the next thing to do is to create our chat app, which consists of two components, chatsetup chatsetup and livechat livechat 3 creating the chat setup component this component is responsible for creating and setting up the sender and receiver nickname nickname objects while serving also as a container for the livechat livechat component structure the layout for the setup part has only two input fields for the nicknames and a button that triggers the setup function create a new file in your src src directory called chatsetup js chatsetup js (or chatsetup tsx chatsetup tsx ) and use the following code chatsetup js 1 import react, { usestate } from "react"; 2 import " /app css"; 3 import { button, input } from "antd"; 4 import parse from "parse"; 5 import { livechat } from " /livechat"; 6&#x9; 7 export const chatsetup = () => { 8 // state variables holding input values and results 9 const \[sendernicknameinput, setsendernicknameinput] = usestate(""); 10 const \[sendernicknameid, setsendernicknameid] = usestate(null); 11 const \[receivernicknameinput, setreceivernicknameinput] = usestate(""); 12 const \[receivernicknameid, setreceivernicknameid] = usestate(null); 13&#x9; 14 // create or retrieve nickname objects and start livechat component 15 const startlivechat = async () => { 16 const sendernicknamename = sendernicknameinput; 17 const receivernicknamename = receivernicknameinput; 18&#x9; 19 // check if user informed both nicknames 20 if (sendernicknamename === null || receivernicknamename === null) { 21 alert("please inform both sender and receiver nicknames!"); 22 return false; 23 } 24&#x9; 25 // check if sender nickname already exists, if not create new parse object 26 let sendernicknameobject = null; 27 try { 28 const senderparsequery = new parse query("nickname"); 29 senderparsequery equalto("name", sendernicknamename); 30 const senderparsequeryresult = await senderparsequery first(); 31 if ( 32 senderparsequeryresult !== undefined && 33 senderparsequeryresult !== null 34 ) { 35 sendernicknameobject = senderparsequeryresult; 36 } else { 37 sendernicknameobject = new parse object("nickname"); 38 sendernicknameobject set("name", sendernicknamename); 39 sendernicknameobject = await sendernicknameobject save(); 40 } 41 } catch (error) { 42 alert(error); 43 return false; 44 } 45&#x9; 46 // check if receiver nickname already exists, if not create new parse object 47 let receivernicknameobject = null; 48 try { 49 const receiverparsequery = new parse query("nickname"); 50 receiverparsequery equalto("name", receivernicknamename); 51 const receiverparsequeryresult = await receiverparsequery first(); 52 if ( 53 receiverparsequeryresult !== undefined && 54 receiverparsequeryresult !== null 55 ) { 56 receivernicknameobject = receiverparsequeryresult; 57 } else { 58 receivernicknameobject = new parse object("nickname"); 59 receivernicknameobject set("name", receivernicknamename); 60 receivernicknameobject = await receivernicknameobject save(); 61 } 62 } catch (error) { 63 alert(error); 64 return false; 65 } 66&#x9; 67 // set nickname objects ids, so live chat component is instantiated 68 setsendernicknameid(sendernicknameobject id); 69 setreceivernicknameid(receivernicknameobject id); 70 return true; 71 }; 72&#x9; 73 return ( 74 \<div> 75 \<div classname="header"> 76 \<img 77 classname="header logo" 78 alt="back4app logo" 79 src={ 80 "https //blog back4app com/wp content/uploads/2019/05/back4app white logo 500px png" 81 } 82 /> 83 \<p classname="header text bold">{"react on back4app"}\</p> 84 \<p classname="header text">{"live query chat app"}\</p> 85 \</div> 86 \<div classname="container"> 87 {sendernicknameid === null && receivernicknameid === null && ( 88 \<div> 89 \<input 90 classname="form input" 91 value={sendernicknameinput} 92 onchange={(event) => setsendernicknameinput(event target value)} 93 placeholder={"sender (your) nickname"} 94 size="large" 95 /> 96 \<input 97 classname="form input" 98 value={receivernicknameinput} 99 onchange={(event) => setreceivernicknameinput(event target value)} 100 placeholder={"receiver (their) nickname"} 101 size="large" 102 /> 103 \<button 104 type="primary" 105 classname="form button" 106 color={"#208aec"} 107 size={"large"} 108 onclick={startlivechat} 109 > 110 start live chat 111 \</button> 112 \</div> 113 )} 114 {sendernicknameid !== null && receivernicknameid !== null && ( 115 \<livechat 116 sendernicknamename={sendernicknameinput} 117 sendernicknameid={sendernicknameid} 118 receivernicknamename={receivernicknameinput} 119 receivernicknameid={receivernicknameid} 120 /> 121 )} 122 \</div> 123 \</div> 124 ); 125 }; chatsetup tsx 1 import react, { usestate, fc, reactelement } from "react"; 2 import " /app css"; 3 import { button, input } from "antd"; 4 import { livechat } from " /livechat"; 5 import parse from "parse"; 6&#x9; 7 export const chatsetup fc<{}> = () reactelement => { 8 // state variables holding input values and results 9 const \[sendernicknameinput, setsendernicknameinput] = usestate(""); 10 const \[sendernicknameid, setsendernicknameid] = usestate\<string | null>(null); 11 const \[receivernicknameinput, setreceivernicknameinput] = usestate(""); 12 const \[receivernicknameid, setreceivernicknameid] = usestate\<string | null>(null); 13&#x9; 14 // create or retrieve nickname objects and start livechat component 15 const startlivechat = async () promise\<boolean> => { 16 const sendernicknamename string = sendernicknameinput; 17 const receivernicknamename string = receivernicknameinput; 18&#x9; 19 // check if user informed both nicknames 20 if (sendernicknamename === "" || receivernicknamename === "") { 21 alert("please inform both sender and receiver nicknames!"); 22 return false; 23 } 24&#x9; 25 // check if sender nickname already exists, if not create new parse object 26 let sendernicknameobject parse object | null = null; 27 try { 28 const senderparsequery parse query = new parse query("nickname"); 29 senderparsequery equalto("name", sendernicknamename); 30 const senderparsequeryresult parse object | undefined = await senderparsequery first(); 31 if ( 32 senderparsequeryresult !== undefined 33 ) { 34 sendernicknameobject = senderparsequeryresult; 35 } else { 36 sendernicknameobject = new parse object("nickname"); 37 if (sendernicknameobject !== null) { 38 sendernicknameobject set("name", sendernicknamename); 39 sendernicknameobject = await sendernicknameobject save(); 40 } 41 } 42 } catch (error) { 43 alert(error); 44 return false; 45 } 46&#x9; 47 // check if receiver nickname already exists, if not create new parse object 48 let receivernicknameobject parse object | null = null; 49 try { 50 const receiverparsequery parse query = new parse query("nickname"); 51 receiverparsequery equalto("name", receivernicknamename); 52 const receiverparsequeryresult parse object | undefined = await receiverparsequery first(); 53 if ( 54 receiverparsequeryresult !== undefined 55 ) { 56 receivernicknameobject = receiverparsequeryresult; 57 } else { 58 receivernicknameobject = new parse object("nickname"); 59 if (receivernicknameobject !== null) { 60 receivernicknameobject set("name", receivernicknamename); 61 receivernicknameobject = await receivernicknameobject save(); 62 } 63 } 64 } catch (error any) { 65 alert(error); 66 return false; 67 } 68&#x9; 69 // set nickname objects ids, so live chat component is instantiated 70 if (sendernicknameobject !== null && receivernicknameobject !== null) { 71 setsendernicknameid(sendernicknameobject id); 72 setreceivernicknameid(receivernicknameobject id); 73 } 74 return true; 75 }; 76&#x9; 77 return ( 78 \<div> 79 \<div classname="header"> 80 \<img 81 classname="header logo" 82 alt="back4app logo" 83 src={ 84 "https //blog back4app com/wp content/uploads/2019/05/back4app white logo 500px png" 85 } 86 /> 87 \<p classname="header text bold">{"react on back4app"}\</p> 88 \<p classname="header text">{"live query chat app"}\</p> 89 \</div> 90 \<div classname="container"> 91 {sendernicknameid === null && receivernicknameid === null && ( 92 \<div> 93 \<input 94 classname="form input" 95 value={sendernicknameinput} 96 onchange={(event) => setsendernicknameinput(event target value)} 97 placeholder={"sender (your) nickname"} 98 size="large" 99 /> 100 \<input 101 classname="form input" 102 value={receivernicknameinput} 103 onchange={(event) => setreceivernicknameinput(event target value)} 104 placeholder={"receiver (their) nickname"} 105 size="large" 106 /> 107 \<button 108 type="primary" 109 classname="form button" 110 color={"#208aec"} 111 size={"large"} 112 onclick={startlivechat} 113 > 114 start live chat 115 \</button> 116 \</div> 117 )} 118 {sendernicknameid !== null && receivernicknameid !== null && ( 119 \<livechat 120 sendernicknamename={sendernicknameinput} 121 sendernicknameid={sendernicknameid} 122 receivernicknamename={receivernicknameinput} 123 receivernicknameid={receivernicknameid} 124 /> 125 )} 126 \</div> 127 \</div> 128 ); 129 }; note that the livechat livechat component is only initialized and rendered when the setup process is successful and all the state variables are properly set likewise, the setup inputs are hidden after the process and the child component layout is rendered 4 creating the live chat component the livechat livechat component handles the exhibition and sending of the messages messages between the two nicknames nicknames passed as parameters on its initialization it’s in this component that you will finally use the useparsequery useparsequery hook from @parse/react @parse/react to set up the live query that will retrieve any message message object related to this chat instance create a new file in your src src directory called livechat js livechat js (or livechat tsx livechat tsx ) and insert the following code livechat js 1 import react, { usestate } from "react"; 2 import " /app css"; 3 import { button, input, tooltip } from "antd"; 4 import { syncoutlined } from "@ant design/icons"; 5 import parse from "parse"; 6 import { useparsequery } from "@parse/react"; 7&#x9; 8 export const livechat = (props) => { 9 // state variable to hold message text input 10 const \[messageinput, setmessageinput] = usestate(""); 11&#x9; 12 // create parse query for live querying using useparsequery hook 13 const parsequery = new parse query("message"); 14 // get messages that involve both nicknames 15 parsequery containedin("sender", \[ 16 props sendernicknameid, 17 props receivernicknameid, 18 ]); 19 parsequery containedin("receiver", \[ 20 props sendernicknameid, 21 props receivernicknameid, 22 ]); 23 // set results ordering 24 parsequery ascending("createdat"); 25&#x9; 26 // include nickname fields, to enable name getting on list 27 parsequery includeall(); 28&#x9; 29 // declare hook and variables to hold hook responses 30 const { islive, isloading, issyncing, results, count, error, reload } = 31 useparsequery(parsequery, { 32 enablelocaldatastore true, // enables cache in local datastore (default true) 33 enablelivequery true, // enables live query for real time update (default true) 34 }); 35&#x9; 36 // message sender handler 37 const sendmessage = async () => { 38 try { 39 const messagetext = messageinput; 40&#x9; 41 // get sender and receiver nickname parse objects 42 const sendernicknameobjectquery = new parse query("nickname"); 43 sendernicknameobjectquery equalto("objectid", props sendernicknameid); 44 let sendernicknameobject = await sendernicknameobjectquery first(); 45 const receivernicknameobjectquery = new parse query("nickname"); 46 receivernicknameobjectquery equalto("objectid", props receivernicknameid); 47 let receivernicknameobject = await receivernicknameobjectquery first(); 48&#x9; 49 // create new message object and save it 50 let message = new parse object("message"); 51 message set("text", messagetext); 52 message set("sender", sendernicknameobject); 53 message set("receiver", receivernicknameobject); 54 message save(); 55&#x9; 56 // clear input 57 setmessageinput(""); 58 } catch (error) { 59 alert(error); 60 } 61 }; 62&#x9; 63 // helper to format createdat value on message 64 const formatdatetotime = (date) => { 65 return `${date gethours()} ${date getminutes()} ${date getseconds()}`; 66 }; 67&#x9; 68 return ( 69 \<div> 70 \<div classname="flex between"> 71 \<h2 class="list heading">{`${props sendernicknamename} sending, ${props receivernicknamename} receiving!`}\</h2> 72 \<tooltip title="reload"> 73 \<button 74 onclick={reload} 75 type="primary" 76 shape="circle" 77 icon={\<syncoutlined />} 78 /> 79 \</tooltip> 80 \</div> 81 {results && ( 82 \<div classname="messages"> 83 {results 84 sort((a, b) => a get("createdat") > b get("createdat")) 85 map((result) => ( 86 \<div 87 key={result id} 88 classname={ 89 result get("sender") id === props sendernicknameid 90 ? "message sent" 91 "message received" 92 } 93 > 94 \<p classname="message bubble">{result get("text")}\</p> 95 \<p classname="message time"> 96 {formatdatetotime(result get("createdat"))} 97 \</p> 98 \<p classname="message name"> 99 {result get("sender") get("name")} 100 \</p> 101 \</div> 102 ))} 103 \</div> 104 )} 105 \<div classname="new message"> 106 \<h2 classname="new message title">new message\</h2> 107 \<input 108 classname="form input" 109 value={messageinput} 110 onchange={(event) => setmessageinput(event target value)} 111 placeholder={"your message "} 112 size="large" 113 /> 114 \<button 115 type="primary" 116 classname="form button" 117 color={"#208aec"} 118 size={"large"} 119 onclick={sendmessage} 120 > 121 send message 122 \</button> 123 \</div> 124 \<div> 125 {isloading && \<p>{"loading…"}\</p>} 126 {issyncing && \<p>{"syncing…"}\</p>} 127 {islive ? \<p>{"status live"}\</p> \<p>{"status offline"}\</p>} 128 {error && \<p>{error message}\</p>} 129 {count && \<p>{`count ${count}`}\</p>} 130 \</div> 131 \</div> 132 ); 133 }; livechat tsx 1 import react, { usestate, fc, reactelement } from "react"; 2 import " /app css"; 3 import { button, input, tooltip } from "antd"; 4 import { syncoutlined } from "@ant design/icons"; 5 import parse from "parse"; 6 import { useparsequery } from "@parse/react"; 7&#x9; 8 type livechatprops = { 9 sendernicknameid string, 10 sendernicknamename string, 11 receivernicknameid string, 12 receivernicknamename string, 13 } 14&#x9; 15 export const livechat fc\<livechatprops> = (props livechatprops) reactelement => { 16 const parse = require("parse/dist/parse min js"); 17 // state variable to hold message text input 18 const \[messageinput, setmessageinput] = usestate(""); 19&#x9; 20 // create parse query for live querying using useparsequery hook 21 const parsequery parse query = new parse query("message"); 22 // get messages that involve both nicknames 23 parsequery containedin("sender", \[ 24 props sendernicknameid, 25 props receivernicknameid, 26 ]); 27 parsequery containedin("receiver", \[ 28 props sendernicknameid, 29 props receivernicknameid, 30 ]); 31 // set results ordering 32 parsequery ascending("createdat"); 33&#x9; 34 // include nickname fields, to enable name getting on list 35 parsequery includeall(); 36&#x9; 37 // declare hook and variables to hold hook responses 38 const { islive, isloading, issyncing, results, count, error, reload } = 39 useparsequery(parsequery, { 40 enablelocaldatastore true, // enables cache in local datastore (default true) 41 enablelivequery true, // enables live query for real time update (default true) 42 }); 43&#x9; 44 // message sender handler 45 const sendmessage = async () => { 46 try { 47 const messagetext string = messageinput; 48&#x9; 49 // get sender and receiver nickname parse objects 50 const sendernicknameobjectquery parse query = new parse query("nickname"); 51 sendernicknameobjectquery equalto("objectid", props sendernicknameid); 52 let sendernicknameobject parse object | undefined = await sendernicknameobjectquery first(); 53 const receivernicknameobjectquery parse query = new parse query("nickname"); 54 receivernicknameobjectquery equalto("objectid", props receivernicknameid); 55 let receivernicknameobject parse object | undefined = await receivernicknameobjectquery first(); 56&#x9; 57 // create new message object and save it 58 let message parse object = new parse object("message"); 59 message set("text", messagetext); 60 message set("sender", sendernicknameobject); 61 message set("receiver", receivernicknameobject); 62 message save(); 63&#x9; 64 // clear input 65 setmessageinput(""); 66 } catch (error any) { 67 alert(error); 68 } 69 }; 70&#x9; 71 // helper to format createdat value on message 72 const formatdatetotime = (date date) string => { 73 return `${date gethours()} ${date getminutes()} ${date getseconds()}`; 74 }; 75&#x9; 76 return ( 77 \<div> 78 \<div classname="flex between"> 79 \<h2 class="list heading">{`${props sendernicknamename} sending, ${props receivernicknamename} receiving!`}\</h2> 80 \<tooltip title="reload"> 81 \<button 82 onclick={reload} 83 type="primary" 84 shape="circle" 85 icon={\<syncoutlined />} 86 /> 87 \</tooltip> 88 \</div> 89 {results && ( 90 \<div classname="messages"> 91 {results 92 sort((a, b) => a get("createdat") > b get("createdat")) 93 map((result) => ( 94 \<div 95 key={result id} 96 classname={ 97 result get("sender") id === props sendernicknameid 98 ? "message sent" 99 "message received" 100 } 101 > 102 \<p classname="message bubble">{result get("text")}\</p> 103 \<p classname="message time"> 104 {formatdatetotime(result get("createdat"))} 105 \</p> 106 \<p classname="message name"> 107 {result get("sender") get("name")} 108 \</p> 109 \</div> 110 ))} 111 \</div> 112 )} 113 \<div classname="new message"> 114 \<h2 classname="new message title">new message\</h2> 115 \<input 116 classname="form input" 117 value={messageinput} 118 onchange={(event) => setmessageinput(event target value)} 119 placeholder={"your message "} 120 size="large" 121 /> 122 \<button 123 type="primary" 124 classname="form button" 125 color={"#208aec"} 126 size={"large"} 127 onclick={sendmessage} 128 > 129 send message 130 \</button> 131 \</div> 132 \<div> 133 {isloading && \<p>{"loading…"}\</p>} 134 {issyncing && \<p>{"syncing…"}\</p>} 135 {islive ? \<p>{"status live"}\</p> \<p>{"status offline"}\</p>} 136 {error && \<p>{error message}\</p>} 137 {count && \<p>{`count ${count}`}\</p>} 138 \</div> 139 \</div> 140 ); 141 }; let’s break down this component structure into four parts, so you can better understand its layout at the top we have the message’s parse query parse query and parse react hook setup here you can see how the props props parameters are used to enable the query to retrieve the messages that we want; after that, you have the sendmessage sendmessage function, which will create a new message message object relating it to the nickname nickname used in this chat instance there is also a helper function for formatting the messages date value; now, inside the jsx code, we have the status flags that are related to the parse react hook variables and also the connection reload button; lastly, you can see the message message list in which the rendered list items style is dictated by its sender value at the bottom, we have the message sending part, with a simple text input and a button finally, add these classes to your app css app css file if you want to fully render the components layout, and let’s proceed to test our app app css 1 @import ' antd/dist/antd css'; 2&#x9; 3 html { 4 box sizing border box; 5 outline none; 6 overflow auto; 7 } 8&#x9; 9 body { 10 margin 0; 11 background color #fff; 12 } 13&#x9; 14 , 15 before, 16 after { 17 margin 0; 18 padding 0; 19 box sizing inherit; 20 } 21&#x9; 22 h1, 23 h2, 24 h3, 25 h4, 26 h5, 27 h6 { 28 margin 0; 29 font weight bold; 30 } 31&#x9; 32 li { 33 list style none; 34 } 35&#x9; 36 p { 37 margin 0; 38 } 39&#x9; 40 flex between { 41 display flex; 42 align items center; 43 justify content space between; 44 } 45&#x9; 46 list heading { 47 font weight bold; 48 } 49&#x9; 50 app { 51 text align center; 52 } 53&#x9; 54 container { 55 width 100%; 56 max width 500px; 57 margin auto; 58 padding 20px 0; 59 text align left; 60 } 61&#x9; 62 header { 63 align items center; 64 padding 25px 0; 65 background color #208aec; 66 } 67&#x9; 68 header logo { 69 height 55px; 70 margin bottom 20px; 71 object fit contain; 72 } 73&#x9; 74 header text bold { 75 margin bottom 3px; 76 color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0 9); 77 font size 16px; 78 font weight bold; 79 } 80&#x9; 81 header text { 82 color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0 9); 83 font size 15px; 84 } 85&#x9; 86 heading { 87 font size 22px; 88 } 89&#x9; 90 form wrapper { 91 margin top 20px; 92 margin bottom 10px; 93 } 94&#x9; 95 form input { 96 margin bottom 20px; 97 } 98&#x9; 99 form button { 100 width 100%; 101 } 102&#x9; 103 messages { 104 margin top 25px; 105 } 106&#x9; 107 message sent { 108 position relative; 109 width 50%; 110 margin left auto; 111 } 112&#x9; 113 message received { 114 position relative; 115 width 50%; 116 } 117&#x9; 118 message bubble { 119 padding 12px; 120 border radius 25px; 121 background color rgba(0, 0, 0, 0 2); 122 } 123&#x9; 124 message sent message bubble { 125 background color #1e88e5; 126 color #fff; 127 } 128&#x9; 129 message time { 130 position absolute; 131 top 35%; 132 left 62px; 133 font size 13px; 134 color rgba(0, 0, 0, 0 35); 135 transform translatey( 50%); 136 } 137&#x9; 138 message sent message time { 139 left initial; 140 right 62px; 141 } 142&#x9; 143 message name { 144 margin top 5px; 145 color rgba(0, 0, 0, 0 55); 146 font size 13px; 147 font weight 600; 148 } 149&#x9; 150 message sent message name { 151 text align right; 152 } 153&#x9; 154 new message { 155 padding top 15px; 156 margin top 20px; 157 margin bottom 10px; 158 border top 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0 12); 159 } 160&#x9; 161 new message title { 162 margin bottom 15px; 163 } 5 testing the chat application go ahead and test the live chat app by declaring and calling the chatsetup chatsetup component on your app js app js (or app tsx app tsx ) jsx code here is an example of how you could do that app js or app tsx 1 import react from "react"; 2 import " /app css"; 3 import { initializeparse } from "@parse/react"; 4 import { chatsetup } from " /chatsetup"; 5&#x9; 6 // your parse initialization configuration goes here 7 // note the live query url instead of the regular server url 8 const parse application id = "your parse application id"; 9 // const parse server url = "https //parseapi back4app com/"; 10 const parse live query url = "https //your app name b4a io/"; 11 const parse javascript key = "your parse javascript key"; 12&#x9; 13 // initialize parse using @parse/react instead of regular parse js sdk 14 initializeparse( 15 parse live query url, 16 parse application id, 17 parse javascript key 18 ); 19&#x9; 20 function app() { 21 return ( 22 \<div classname="app"> 23 \<chatsetup /> 24 \</div> 25 ); 26 } 27&#x9; 28 export default app; start your app by running yarn start yarn start on your console you should now be presented with the following screen, in which you need to inform the sending and receiving nicknames to begin chatting to better see how the app and live query are working, open the same app on two different browser windows and set them side by side immediately after sending a message in a window, you should see it pop on the other if the nicknames match and the connection is live conclusion at the end of this guide, you learned how to use the parse react hook for live queries in parse in a realistic application example