Nobel

Nobel is an abbreviation of notification + bell. The purpose of this app is to allow IMG members to ping the sound enabled computer in IMG Lab to start a chat with the members present there.

This eliminates the hassle of having to call multiple people to know who is in the lab at any given time.

How it works

• An IMG member opens https://channeli.in/nobel/
• The request passes through checks that validate the person's membership in IMG
• Some encryption, forwarding, decryption and more validation occurs and when 100% convinced that the request is an IMGian, the request reaches a Node.js server in the lab.
• A song is played in the lab to draw attention and a chat opens between the caller and the IMG computer.
• Talk to your heart's content!

A bit vague, is it? Deal with it.

Technologies used

• Framework: Express
• Realtime communications: Socket.IO
• Language: JavaScript
• Application server: NGINX + pm2
• Files server: NGINX

Untracked files

nobel
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+---server-side-static
|   |
|   +--+notification-audio.mp3  #The audio that plays on the lab PC
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+---client-side-static
|   |
|   +--+bell.mp3                #The ding that plays when message arrives
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+---constants.js                #Sensitive information constants