#Anonymous Chat

Technologies Used

• React.js
• Node.js
• Express.js
• Socket.io
• MongoDB (Mongoose)

Instructions to use

• Clone repo by using git clone https://github.com/ItsMrAkhil/Anonymous-Chat.git
• Do npm install inside Anonymous Chat folder
• After 2nd step do npm start to start the project.
• Goto localhost:300 in your browser.

How it Works

• Whenever a new user comes. We store a random and unique key in localstorage of browser.
• If he/she sends a new messge that will be sent to the server with the uniqe key.
• If the user comes back again we use the unique key to identify whether the message is belongs to that user or not.
• Note: When user deletes the localstorage or that unique key all the messages will be shown as sent by others.

Pre-requisites

1. Node.js should be installed
2. MongoDB should be installed. (Without any credential requirement. If you have credentials to access it. Please edit this mongodb://localhost/idea-to-startup line in server/index.js to your db link.)
3. Port 300 should not be in use. (If it is in use please change the line const port = argv.port || process.env.PORT || 3000; to appropriate port number.)