node-chat-server

A simple chat server built with express, JWT, sockets

TODO

• Add authentication (link with JWT generation)

• Add other forms of messages:

  • Videos

  • Audio

  • Images

  • Gifs

Note

Current version simply accepts the userId (generated with UUIDv4) to authenticate the user. This should be replaced with a different authentication system like:

• Passport

• OAuth

The JWT secret, mongo configs can be found in /server/config

Tips

• Use the keygenerator in /server/utils/GenerateSecret.js to generate a JWT secret

  cd /server/utils/
  node GenerateSecret.js

Get Started

cd server
npm install

cd /server
npm start