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#Anonymous Chat

Technologies Used

  • React.js
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • Socket.io
  • MongoDB (Mongoose)

Instructions to use

  • Clone repo by using git clone https://github.com/ItsMrAkhil/Anonymous-Chat.git
  • Do npm install inside Anonymous Chat folder
  • After 2nd step do npm start to start the project.
  • Goto localhost:300 in your browser.

How it Works

  • Whenever a new user comes. We store a random and unique key in localstorage of browser.
  • If he/she sends a new messge that will be sent to the server with the uniqe key.
  • If the user comes back again we use the unique key to identify whether the message is belongs to that user or not.
  • Note: When user deletes the localstorage or that unique key all the messages will be shown as sent by others.

Pre-requisites

  1. Node.js should be installed
  2. MongoDB should be installed. (Without any credential requirement. If you have credentials to access it. Please edit this mongodb://localhost/idea-to-startup line in server/index.js to your db link.)
  3. Port 300 should not be in use. (If it is in use please change the line const port = argv.port || process.env.PORT || 3000; to appropriate port number.)