BaatKaro (A ChatRoom application)

This repository contains a chat application which is created using MongoDB, Socket.io and Express that supports real-time chatting.

Tech-stack -

• HTML, CSS (for front-end interface)
• Node.js and Express.js (for back-end server)
• Socket.io (for real-time interaction between the client and the server)
• MongoDB (as database to store chats, online users etc.)

Features of this app -

• User can chat in a public conversation room.
• User can create a new public conversation room.(but cannot add other users)
• User can join an existing public conversation room.
• User can view other users who are online in the room.
• User can view other rooms which are active at that point of time.
• User can know the room they are in.

Installation Guide -

1. Install Node.js and MongoDB on your system(or you could use MongoDB Atlas). Check using the following commands in the terminal -

$ node -v
$ mongod --version

2. Open your terminal and run the following - fork the repo

$ git clone <clone link>
$ cd <project path>
$ npm install

3. . Go to config/keys.js and paste ur MongoDB URL.

$ node server/server.js

5. Now, the server is running, open the link http://localhost:6969 to access the application

Heroku Link - https://baatkaroo0566.herokuapp.com/