chat-on-azure

This project is a simple chat made by GPT o4-mini-high after a few prompts.

The goal of this chat is to be part of an Azure deployment, for learning purposes.

💬 Chat App on Azure

This is a simple real-time-style chat app deployed using Azure Static Web Apps, Azure Functions, and Cosmos DB.

How to Run API

Make sure you have these env vars (in local.settings.json)

COSMOS_ENDPOINT= COSMOS_KEY=

Change directory

cd api

Initialize Functions in JS

func init . --worker-runtime node

Install dependencies

npm install

Run the Azure Functions locally

func start

How to Run Frontend

Install dependencies

npm install

Start the dev server

npm start

🚀 Architecture

• Frontend: React (or any static web app), deployed with Azure Static Web Apps
• API: Serverless functions (Node.js) using Azure Functions
• Database: Azure Cosmos DB (SQL API)

📁 Project Structure

my-chat-app/ ├── frontend/ # React app (or static HTML/JS) ├── api/ # Azure Functions (GetMessages / PostMessage) ├── openapi.yaml # (Optional) API definition └── README.md