A realtime chat

A chat where multiple users can join and create their own chats!

As part of my NodeJS learning journey , I've built a realtime chat with ExpressJS, Socket.IO and MongoDB.

Here are the main features of the app:

• Google Token Authentication: users can login with their Google Account.
• Multi-user: Different users can login and chat with each other. To try it out in a single machine, just login with different Google Accounts on different browsers.
• Chatroom creation: users can either select a chatroom from a list of create their own chatrooms from scratch.

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This is the tech stack I've worked with:

• Node.js
• Socket.IO
• MongoDB
• MongoDB Atlas
• Mongoose
• OAuth 2.0
• EJS

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To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/jempico/realtime_chat_socketio

2. Install NPM packages

   npm install

3. Add environment variables: edit or create and .env file in the root directory with the following data:

    PORT= 3000
    DB_USER = tester
    DB_PASSWORD = AWnHq3IDZaeDL8DP
   

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• Authenticate users with Google Token (google-auth-library).
• Using Socket.io to create web sockets.
• Using MongoDB and Mongoose for schema validation.
• Set up a MongoDB Atlas cluster.
• Server Side Rendering with EJS template engine to inject dynamic content into the html.

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Jemimah Pico - Portfolio - Linkedin - [email protected]

Project Link: https://github.com/jempico/realtime_chat_socketio