OkayChat

A Public Messaging app with quirks, written in JavaScript.

Hosted at: https://okaychat.ary82.dev

This is the backend repository of the project.

See also: Client Repo

Quirks

• Effortlessly acknowledge messages with a single keystroke. Pressing Enter with an empty message will automatically send the text "Ok"!
• Click on Generate with AI to send an AI generated message based on the last five messages of your conversation
• Supports Multiple Logins from same Account

Front-End

The Front end for this project is written in React, while utilising the features of various libraries such as:

• Redux toolkit for state management
• Axios for API requests
• TailwindCSS for Styling

Repo link: https://github.com/ary82/okay-client

Back-End

The Back end For this project is written in JavaScript, while utilising:

• Socket.io library for instant messaging
• MongoDB database for storing users, and messages and WebSocket rooms
• Calls to Google Gemini for Automatic Message Generation
• PassportJS for implementing User Authentication

Repo link: https://github.com/ary82/okay-api

Architecture/Hosting:

Here is a schematic representation of the project, showing the technologies and platforms used for hosting it: