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Chat

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 8.1.2. This is a chat application in which user can add users to their contact list and have chat with them without lossing any data.

functionalities

OTP varification using Twilio, Message saved to batabase, read receipt, automatic room creation from contacts list.

Development server

Run following command in your workspace:

git clone https://github.com/ChauhanAbhinav/chat.git

// client 'http://localhost:4200/

cd chat npm install npm start

//server http://localhost:3000/

cd server npm install npm start

Navigate to http://localhost:4200/.

Database

Mongodb:- running on remote by default for switching to local change url in server>db>dbUtils.js

remoteUrl : mongodb+srv://cluster0-winsn.mongodb.net/test

mongo shell: mongo "mongodb+srv://cluster0-winsn.mongodb.net/test" --username abhinav

mongo compass : mongodb+srv://abhinav:@cluster0-winsn.mongodb.net/test

DB Name: chat

collections:

  1. users :- collection that store primary information of user i.e mobile, country code and and name eg-

    { "_id":"5d710302e85bdf72bf3ac110", "mobile":1111111111, "countryCode":"+91", "name":"Name01" }

  2. contacts:- added contact will be store in this collection, a room will be assigned to both users. eg-

    { "_id":"5d7131acc643910edf2308ee", "mobile":1111111111, "contact":2222222222, "contactName":"Name02", "room":"22222222221111111111" }

  3. chatMessage: message will be strored in this collection. query can be made by distinct room name and all the messages are stored in a messages array as given below. In every elememnt of array we have from, to, messageId , message and read fields. from represents sender and to represent reciever, reciever has read the messsages or not is represented by the read of last message.

    { "_id":"5d7215c096fab91104edeff4", "room":"44444444443333333333", "messages":[ { "from":3333333333, "to":"4444444444", "messageId":9, "message":"hi", "read":true }, { "from":4444444444, "to":"3333333333", "messageId":1, "message":"ki", "read":true } ] }

Note:

  1. Routing guards are left. But app is able to handle normal routing breaches.

Code scaffolding

Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor.

Further help

To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI README.