JUSTCHAT

Private and group chat built with Node/Express, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL.

Features

• User authentication system using JWT.
• Real time updates using GraphQL subscriptions.
• Instant messaging using GraphQL subscriptions.
• Email verification with SendGrid and JWT.
• Image upload with google cloud.
• Password recovery.

Installation

1. Clone project git clone https://github.com/mjabubakar/justchat
2. cd into folder cd ./justchat/
3. Download dependencies npm install
4. Connect your project with Postgres Database
5. Run migrations npx sequlize db:migrate

Usage

Start server from your root folder using npm start

Environmental Variables

• PORT determines which port the server is listening on.
• EMAIL_ADDRESS SendGrid sender email address.
• API_KEY SendGrid API key.
• DB_HOST Postgres database host.
• DB_NAME Postgres database name.
• DB_USERNAME Postgres role.
• DB_PASSWORD Postgres password.
• NODE_ENV determines environment (production or development).
• ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET JWT encryption secret for user login.
• CONFIRMATION_TOKEN_SECRET JWT encryption secret for forgot password.
• EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_TOKEN_SECRET JWT encryption secret for email confirmation.
• GCLOUD_PROJECT_ID Google cloud project id
• GCLOUD_FILE_PATH key.json path
• GCLOUD_CRED All the data inside key.json file
• GCLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET_URL Storage bucket url
• FRONT_END_URL Website URL that will be used for email confirmation
• GCLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET_URL Storage bucket url
• GCLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET_URL Storage bucket url
• FRONT_END_URL Website URL that will be used for email confirmation