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Strapi application

This application is built with Strapi and is using socket.io library for instant communication between the client and server. It contains the backend logic for starpi-chat-ui repo.

This application is deployed on Heroku. Here is the link for you to play around.

Prerequites to run this app:

  • Install Nodejs

  • Install MongoDB

  • Fork and clone the repo git clone git@github.com:strapi-blog/strapi-chat-ui.git. Follow these steps to run the server.

  • Fork and clone the repo git clone git@github.com:strapi-blog/strapi-chat-backend.git

  • Install dependencies by running npm install

  • If MongoDB is running locally:
    • Create an .env file and create DATABASE_URI variable with mongodb url.

    DATABASE_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/strapi-socket-backend

    • Go to /config/database.js file, change ssl to false
    • Start the strapi server npm start
  • If MongoDB is running on Cloud:

    • Follow this tutorial to create your mongodb atlas account and create your first collection.

    • Change your DATABASE_URI url which mongodb atlas provides inside .env file

    • Change ssl value to true

    • Run your server npm start

If you have any questions/suggestions, reach out to me on my email purnimaguptapccs@gmail.com