🌊 ChatWave

A real-time, secure, and scalable messaging platform built with Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Socket.io, and React.

Deployed Link:- https://chatwaveio.netlify.app/

🚀 Features

• Real-time messaging with Socket.io
• Secure user authentication with JWT
• MongoDB for data storage
• Modern React frontend with Tailwind CSS
• User presence tracking
• Typing indicators
• Message read receipts
• Responsive design

🛠️ Tech Stack

Backend

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB
• Socket.io
• JWT Authentication
• Redis (optional, for caching)

Frontend

• React
• Tailwind CSS
• Socket.io Client
• React Router
• React Hot Toast

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• MongoDB
• npm or yarn

Backend Setup

1. Navigate to the backend directory:

   cd backend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the backend directory with the following variables:

   PORT=5000
   MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/chatwave
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key_here
   JWT_EXPIRE=30d
   CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:5173

4. Start the backend server:

   npm run dev

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend directory:

   cd frontend/client

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the frontend/client directory with the following variables:

   VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:5000

4. Start the frontend development server:

   npm run dev

🔧 Configuration

MongoDB

• Make sure MongoDB is running on your local machine
• Update the MONGODB_URI in the backend .env file if needed

Redis (Optional)

• Install Redis on your machine
• Uncomment and update the Redis configuration in the backend .env file

📚 API Documentation

Authentication

• POST /api/auth/register - Register a new user
• POST /api/auth/login - Login user
• POST /api/auth/logout - Logout user
• GET /api/auth/me - Get current user

Chat

• GET /api/chat/conversations - Get all conversations
• GET /api/chat/messages/:conversationId - Get messages for a conversation
• PUT /api/chat/messages/read - Mark messages as read
• DELETE /api/chat/messages/:messageId - Delete a message
• GET /api/chat/users/search - Search users

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Socket.io for real-time communication
• MongoDB for database
• React for frontend framework
• Tailwind CSS for styling