first stab at attempting to send/receive messages

.gitignore

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+node_modules/

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "status-js",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/status-im/status-js.git"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/status-im/status-js/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/status-im/status-js#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "web3": "^1.0.0-beta.36"
+  }
+}

src/index.js

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+const Web3 = require('web3');
+const { utils: { asciiToHex, hexToAscii, sha3  }  } = Web3;
+
+const POW_TIME = 1;
+const TTL = 10;
+const POW_TARGET = 0.002;
+const CHANNEL = Web3.utils.sha3("status").slice(0, 10);
+
+function createStatusPayload(
+	{
+		tag = '~#c4',
+		content = 'Hello everyone',
+		messageType = '~:public-group-user-message',
+		clockValue = (new Date().getTime()) * 100,
+		contentType = 'text/plain',
+		timestamp = new Date().getTime(),
+
+	} = {},
+) {
+	return asciiToHex(
+		JSON.stringify([
+			tag,
+			[
+				content,
+				contentType,
+				messageType,
+				clockValue,
+				timestamp,
+			],
+		]),
+	);
+}
+
+(async () => {
+
+  let web3 = new Web3();
+  web3.setProvider(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider('ws://localhost:8546', {headers: {Origin: "http://localhost:8080"}}));
+
+  let keys = {};
+
+  keys.symKeyID = await web3.shh.newSymKey();
+  keys.sig = await web3.shh.newKeyPair();
+
+  console.dir("keys generated");
+  console.dir(keys);
+
+	subscription = web3.shh.subscribe("messages", {
+		symKeyID: keys.symKeyID,
+		topics: [CHANNEL]
+	}).on('data', (data) => {
+    console.dir("message received!");
+    console.dir(data);
+	});
+
+  web3.shh.post({
+    symKeyID: keys.symKeyID, // encrypts using the sym key ID
+    sig: keys.sig, // signs the message using the keyPair ID
+    ttl: TTL,
+    topic: CHANNEL,
+    payload: createStatusPayload("hello there"),
+    powTime: POW_TIME,
+    powTarget: POW_TARGET
+  }).then(() => {
+    console.dir('message sent!');
+  })
+
+})()