ALKASP CHAT APP

CONTRIBUTORS:

Alwayne Bailey
[email protected]

Kasper Pawlowski

HOW TO RUN OUR CHAT APPLICATION:

1. install the dependencies in both 'backend' and 'frontend' folders by using the following command in each of them: npm install
2. run applications in both folders by using the following command in each of them: npm start from root
3. open the browser and go to http://localhost:3000/ !

As MongoDB server is cloud hosted, to check events and chat history do the following:

1. open MongoDB Compass app
2. choose 'connect to' option
3. paste the following connection string: mongodb+srv://baileyalo:[email protected]/test
4. upon successful connection choose AlkaspChat database
5. check Events and History collections

Required queries were written in separate files that can be found in folder 'server/queries'. To run them use the following command: node .\queries\retrieveEventLogs.js node .\queries\retrieveChatHistory.js [-u user] [-r room]

retrieveEventLogs.js returns to the console all the event logs retrieveChatHistory.js returns to the console all chat history according to the given parameters. Both of them are optional.

i.e.

node .\server\queries\retrieveChatHistory.js -u kasper returns chat history from user kasper

or

node .\server\queries\retrieveChatHistory.js -u Alwayne -r Developers returns chat history from user Alwayne in chat Developers

Technologies Used :

• MongoDB
• Express Js
• React
• Node Js

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