Dont Tell Me

Anonymous Chat App

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DontTellme is a chatapp designed using reactJs in frontend and powered by nodeJs and Express in the backend.

Features

• Delete your private messages after you logout ❌
• Search users through their username 🤷
• Your realname is never displayed 🔍

Installation

DontTellMe Node.js to run.

Clone the repositiory in your local environment

git clone https://github.com/knightryder098/DontTellMe.git

Install the dependencies and devDependencies and start the server.

Frontend

cd frontend
npm i

Backend

cd backend
npm i

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Be sure to swap out all the environment variables

Create a .env file and put the following variables

> In frontend Folder

REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL_PROD=' your Backend url '

> In Backend Folder

PORT='any number (1000-9999)' DB_PWD=" Your MongoDb Atlas user Password" DB_USER = ' Your MongoDB Atlas username' DB_NAME = ' DataBase Name (Anything) ' FRONTEND_URL = 'Your frontend url '

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Start running the app

In frontend Folder Start the frontend service cd frontend npm start

In Backend Folder start the backend cd backend npm run dev

Development

Want to contribute? Great! Your are always welcome.

Verify the deployment by navigating to your server address in your preferred browser.

http://localhost:${PORT}