chat-app-server

A chat app server written in Javascript!

        

The server runs in node.js using Express to setup a server to listen to requests to API endpoints and /resetpassword route. It uses socket.io to setup realtime communication for chat messaging.

Server Features

1. Sets up middleware for Rate Limiting & Body Parser (used for JSON).
2. Connects to the MongoDB using Mongoose for CRUD operations.
3. Express server to serve API endpoints & /resetpassword webpage
4. Connects socket.io to Express server to enable realtime bidirectional communication for chat messaging functionality.

I've created a Free tier MongoDB account using MongoDB Atlas.

API Endpoints

The below endpoints are moved to the repo chat-server-lambda as I've split it into AWS Lambda function!

1. /login: For login of users.
2. /register: To register new users.
3. /forgotpassword: To send a reset mail to the registered email address of the user.
4. /resetpassword: To handle reset password functionality.

RESET POST Request

The /resetpassword POST Request is handled by sending the /resetpassword/index.html webpage back to the user, where they can enter relevant details to reset the password.

Mailing Feature

A mail is triggered to the user with the nodemailer package, you will need to setup your existing email Id for this. Or you can create a new one. You have to create a 'app password' (Gmail/Yahoo/etc.. each have their own way of generating app passwords, please consult the relevant documentation as per your requirements) and use it to send mails!

Have fun with the code!