messaging-app-backend

A server that serve Rest API and Websocket using socket IO for my real time messaging messaging app.

Installation

1. Clone the repository

Get a copy of the repo

2. Install dependencies

In the root directory

npm install

3. Frontend Application

For the frontend web application to use .

https://github.com/andreimandrique/messaging-app-frontend

3.Set up environment variables:

Create .env file in the root directory and add the following

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://<db role>:<db password>@<db host>/<db name>?sslmode=require"
JWT_SECRET="<Your JWT secret>"
FRONTEND_URL="<Your frontend web application>"

4. Generate Prisma client

In the root folder run

npx prisma generate

5. Start the server

In development

npm run dev

In production

npm run start

6. Access the application

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000

Features

Rest API

• Log in
• Register Account
• Verify

Websocket

• Join Room
• Real time message