ChatApp

A group chat app built using the MERN stack and Socket.io.

This repository contains the frontend for ChatApp created using React.

🔗 Visit the website

🔗 Backend Github repository

Screenshots

Getting started

Installing dependencies

npm install

Changing backend URLs

Socket server

Change the socket server URL in /src/socket/socket.jsx in the following format :

export const socket = io('<YOUR_SOCKET_SERVER_URL>', {withCredentials: true, autoConnect: false})

Backend server

Change the backend server URL in /src/utils/axiosconfig.js in the following format :

export function configureAxios() {
  axios.defaults.baseURL = '<YOUR_BACKEND_SERVER_URL>'
  axios.defaults.withCredentials = true
}

Starting development server

npm run dev

Building

npm run build