🚀 Chat App Project

📌 Overview

🔹 The Chat App Project is a powerful, real-time messaging application designed for seamless and efficient communication.

🔹 This repository contains the complete source code for a feature-rich chat application, covering both frontend and backend implementations, user authentication, and real-time messaging using WebSockets.

💡 Perfect for: Developers looking to explore chat application development, real-time communication, and WebSocket integration.

✨ Features

📌 Core Functionalities:

✅ Secure User Authentication (Signup/Login) 🔒
✅ Real-Time Messaging using WebSockets 💬
✅ Customizable User Profiles 🏷️
✅ Typing Indicators & Read Receipts 📜
✅ Media Sharing (Images, Videos, Files) 📎
✅ Dark Mode for better UX 🌙
✅ Responsive UI across all devices 📱

🛠️ Tech Stack

📌 Frontend:

• ⚛️ React.js - Modular & Scalable UI Components
• 🎨 Tailwind CSS - Modern Styling Framework
• 📡 Socket.io-client - WebSocket Communication

📌 Backend:

• 🌐 Node.js - Server-side JavaScript Runtime
• 🚀 Express.js - Lightweight Backend Framework
• 🗄️ MongoDB + Mongoose - NoSQL Database for Storage
• 🔌 Socket.io - Real-Time Communication
• 🔑 JWT Authentication - Secure Token-based Auth

🏗️ Database Structure

📂 Database: ChatAppDB
├── 🏠 Users Collection
├── 💬 Messages Collection

📌 Users Collection:

{
  "_id": "ObjectId",
  "username": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "password": "hashed_string",
  "profilePicture": "string",
  "status": "string",
  "createdAt": "timestamp",
  "updatedAt": "timestamp"
}

📌 Messages Collection:

{
  "_id": "ObjectId",
  "senderId": "ObjectId",
  "receiverId": "ObjectId",
  "message": "string",
  "messageType": "string", 
  "seen": "boolean",
  "createdAt": "timestamp"
}

🚀 Installation Guide

📌 Prerequisites:

✔️ Install Node.js (Latest LTS recommended)
✔️ Install MongoDB and ensure it is running

📌 Setup & Run:

# Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/saikumarpeeka/Chat-App-Project.git

# Navigate into the project directory:
cd Chat-App-Project

# Install dependencies:
npm install

# Set up environment variables (create .env file)

# Start the backend server:
npm run server

# Start the frontend application:
npm start

# Open in Browser:
http://localhost:3000/

🌍 API Endpoints

📌 Authentication | Endpoint | Method | Description | |----------|--------|-------------| | /api/auth/register | POST | Register a new user. | | /api/auth/login | POST | Authenticate and receive a JWT token. | | /api/auth/logout | POST | Logout user. |

📌 Chat & Messaging | Endpoint | Method | Description | |----------|--------|-------------| | /api/chats | GET | Fetch user chats. | | /api/chats/send | POST | Send a message. | | /api/chats/:id | GET | Retrieve a specific chat. |

📌 User Management | Endpoint | Method | Description | |----------|--------|-------------| | /api/users/:id | GET | Fetch user profile details. | | /api/users/update | PUT | Update user information. |

🎯 Usage

1️⃣ Register/Login to your account.
2️⃣ Start conversations with users or create group chats.
3️⃣ Exchange messages, media files, and experience real-time conversations.
4️⃣ Customize your profile and manage settings.

🤝 Contribution Guidelines

✅ Fork this repository.
✅ Create a new branch (feature-newFeature or bugfix-issue).
✅ Commit your changes with clear messages.
✅ Push your changes to your forked repo.
✅ Create a pull request (PR) describing your modifications.

We ❤️ contributions! 🚀

📜 License

This project is open-source and available for modification and use under the specified license.

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📞 Contact

For any issues, suggestions, or feature requests, feel free to raise an issue on the repository or reach out to saikumarr.peeka@gmail.com.

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