Real-Time Chat webApp with MERN Stack, Socket.io, with Styled Components

Technologies Used

• MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js)
• Socket.io
• Multiavatar API (Avatar Generator API)
• Styled Components (For UI)

Configuration and Local Setup project

In the first terminal

• cd client and create a .env file in the root of your client directory.
• Supply the following credentials

VITE_AVATAR_KEY=AVATAR_API_KEY
VITE_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:5000

$ cd frontend
$ npm install (to install client-side dependencies)
$ npm run dev (to start the client)

In the second terminal

• cd server and create a .env file in the root of your server directory.
• Supply the following credentials

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=YOUR_MONGO_URI
CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:3000
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=ADD_YOUR_RANDOM_TOKEN
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECERT=ADD_YOUR_RANDOM_TOKEN
COOKIE_SIGNATURE=ADD_YOUR_RANDOM_SIGNATURE

$ cd backend
$ npm install (to install server-side dependencies)
& npm run dev (to start the server)