Form to write your messages

javascriptsnew-message-submission.js

  // The footer form is what handles the actual messages going to everyone in
  // the room. Anything a person types and submits into the form will be
  // displayed to everyone in the room.
  $('footer form').submit(function(event){
    event.stopPropagation();
    event.preventDefault();

    var form = this
      , message = { author: currentUser
          , body: $(form).find('input[name="content"]').val()
      };

    // No message content? don't do anything.
    if (! message.body) return;

    // Send the message constructed above, once the message is sent the
    // `callback` will remove the submitted text and re-focus the input
    spire.publish('spire.io chat example', message, function (err) {
      if (err) throw err;

      $(form).find('input').val('').focus();
    });
  });