WebChat

Live Chatting app

Installation

1. Run the following command in the command line

$ git clone https://github.com/xrokz/WebChat.git

2. Thats it..

How to run ?

1. go to command line and run

$ cd WebChat

2. now you have the source-code now install the packages using

$ npm i

3. now you need to add your MongoDB url:

   1. Go to MongoDB Cloud and create a account
   2. Create Cluster and make your free database and get the link e.g mongodb+srv://USER:PASS@CLUSTER_NAME.mongodb.net/DATABASE?retryWrites=true&w=majority
   3. go to config/db.json file and paste the url there

4. now you are done just run the app using

$ npm run dev

and WebChat will be running at localhost:3000

5. you can also host it to public by running

$ npm run start

Rooms

There is room system so you can chat with people without being interrupted by other people chating https://webchat.app/ROOM_KEY

and the ROOM_KEY can be anything you want

Chat Logs

till now i have no chat logging so when you join a room you can't see the older messages but in the future i will add chat saver no worries..

Contributing

You can help me getting this project done by forking this app and making your own adds and i will check and approve it..

Troubleshooting

in case you saw any errors you can report them for me in the issues

and i will be very greatfull for that..