#Project25 in The Odin Project

Messaging

• Search users through usernames
• Start sending messages with chat invitation
• Profile customization
• Cursor based pagination for messages using prisma-postgresql
• Block or unblock users which also hides your 'mood' from them

Chat Invitation Flow

• A user can send an initial message by searching a username
• The chat remains in pending state until the receiver accepts
• Further messaging is blocked until both users accept the chat

Endpoints

• /user

  • GET /?q=asdf - get users based on query

• /meta

  • GET /moods - get all available moods

• /profile

  • GET / - get profile of user himself
  • GET /:id - get profile of particular user
  • PATCH / - update profile (casualName and mood sent through JSON)

• /chat

  • GET / - get all chats
  • POST /:otherUserId/:newStatus - update status of chat

• /message

  • POST / - send messages (send toId and content through JSON)
  • GET /:userId?limit=10&cursor=10 - get messages sent to or received from particular user. You receive chatStatus, statusUpdatedBy, messages and nextCursor.

• /auth

  • POST /signup - send username, password and casualName through JSON
  • POST /login - send username and password through JSON. You receive 'token' that is valid for few mins

• Note: Only /meta/moods, /signup and /login endpoints are unprotected

Authentication

• Through username and password
• JWT based (stateless)
• Passport JWT-strategy
• Token validity is few minutes

Frontend:

https://github.com/Punith1117/messaging-frontend