video-chat

Welcome to the video-chat application, a platform designed for public chat across various rooms, private messaging, and initiating private video sessions. This application utilizes Vue-Socket.io/socket.io for real-time communication for messaging and the MediaStream API for video communication.

Features

• Public Chat: Engage in public chat rooms, sending and receiving messages in real-time.
• Private Chat: Enjoy private conversations between two users, ensuring a more personalized experience.
• Private Video Sessions: Initiate private video sessions between two users for face-to-face communication.

Technologies Used

• Frontend:

  • Vue
  • Vuex
  • TypeScript
  • Vuetify
  • Axios
  • Vue-Socket.io

• Backend:

  • Express
  • Socket.io
  • MySQL (with Sequelize)
  • Redis

Authentication

The application features custom authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and also supports Google OAuth 2.0 for user authentication.

Application Demo

How to Run Locally

Frontend

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone git@github.com:raf0nx/video-chat.git

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Run the development server:

   npm run serve

   Note: Ensure that your Node.js version is less than 17.

Backend

Note: The backend repository is currently private for security reasons.

1. Ensure you have a MySQL instance running on 127.0.0.1.

2. Start the Redis key-value store by running the following command:

   redis-server

   It should be running on localhost at port 6379.

3. Install backend dependencies:

   npm install

4. Run the backend server:

   npm run start

Now you should have both the frontend and backend up and running locally. Enjoy using the video-chat application! 💬 👥