chat.js

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import './chat.css'
import io from "socket.io-client";

export default class Chat extends Component {

    constructor(props){
        super(props);

        this.state = {
            message: '',
            date: '',
            messages: []
        };
        this.sendMessage = this.sendMessage.bind(this);
        this.addMessage = this.addMessage.bind(this);

        this.socket = io('localhost:5000');
    }

    componentDidMount() {
      this.socket.on('RECEIVE_MESSAGE', data => {
          this.addMessage(data);
          //this.setState({ messages: [...this.state.messages, data] })
      });
    }

    sendMessage(event) {
      event.preventDefault();

      if(this.state.message !== ''){
        this.socket.emit('SEND_MESSAGE', {
            message: this.state.message,
            date: Date.now()
        });
        //this.addMessage(this.state.message);
        //this.setState({ message: '', date: '' });
      }
    };

    addMessage(data) {
      //console.log(data);
      this.setState({
        messages: [...this.state.messages, ...data],
        message: '', 
        date: ''
      });
      //console.log(this.state.message);
      console.log(this.state.messages);
    };

    render() {
        return (
        <div>
            <h2>Hello {this.props.match.params.user}</h2>
                <div id="chat">
                    <div className="card">
                        <div id="messages" className="card-block">
                            {this.state.messages.map((message, index) => {
                                    return (
                                        <div key={index} className="msgBox"><p className="msgText">{message.message}</p></div>
                                    )
                            })}
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div className="row">
                        <div className="column">
                            <input id="inputmsg" type="text" placeholder="Enter Message...."
                            value={this.state.message} onChange={ev => this.setState({message: ev.target.value})}/>
                        </div>
                        <div className="column2">
                            <button id="send" className="button" onClick={this.sendMessage}>Send</button>
                        </div>
                        <div className="upload">
                            <form action="/action_page.php">
                                <input type="file" name="pic" accept="image/*"/>
                                <input type="submit"/>
                            </form>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
        </div>
        )
    }
}

messages.js

const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;

// Create Schema
const MessageSchema = new Schema({
  message: {
    type: String,
    required: true
  },
  date: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now
  }
});

module.exports = mongoose.model('Message', MessageSchema);

server.js

const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const socket = require('socket.io');
const path = require('path');
const message = require('./model/message');


const app = express();

const mongoURI = require('./config/keys').mongoURI;

mongoose.connect(mongoURI, {useNewUrlParser: true}, function (err,res) {

    if(err){
      console.log("There is error: " + err);
    }else{
      console.log("Connected to mongo database") 
    }

})

let users = {};
let name = '';

// app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  
// })

// app.get('/:name', function(req, res){
//   name = req.params.name;
//   res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "client/public/index.html"));
//   res.send("Hello world" + name);
// })

let db = mongoose.connection;

db.once('open', function() {
  console.log("Database is now connected");

  let io =  socket(server);

io.on("connection", function(socket){
  console.log("Socket Connection Established with ID :"+ socket.id)
  users[socket.id] = name;
  
  socket.on('disconnect', function(){
    console.log('User Disconnected');
  });

  let chat = db.collection('chat');

      socket.on('SEND_MESSAGE', function(data){
      
        let message = data.message;
        let date = data.date;

        // Check for name and message
        if(message !== '' || date !== ''){
            // Insert message
            chat.insert({message: message, date:date}, function(){
              io.emit('RECEIVE_MESSAGE', [data]);
            });
        }
    });

    chat.find().sort({_id:1}).toArray(function(err, res){
      if(err){
          throw err;
      }
      // Emit the messages
      io.emit('RECEIVE_MESSAGE', res);
    }); 
  }) 

});
  

const port = 5000;

let server = app.listen(5000, function(){
  console.log('server is running on port 5000')
});