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Redis Chat Challenge\nTwo day [Hackathon](https://rb-hackfest.devpost.com/) challenge to create a real-time chat application using Redis. :boom:\n\n## Vercel + Heroku deployment\nhttps://redis-chat-challenge-ll7n94qro-iammar7.vercel.app\n\n\u003e If you face issues with **WebSockets** on the above URL, then please try to refresh the Heroku server here https://api-redis-chat-challenge.herokuapp.com\n\n## Features\n- Real-time chat with all the connected users :rainbow:\n- NodeJS server with **Redis** and **Socket IO** integration :customs:\n- Server deployment on **Heroku** :fire:\n- Frontend deployment on **Vercel** :fire:\n- **Automatic deployment** on both platforms :runner:\n- Create custom channel feature.\n- Search in chat feature.\n- Participant count feature.\n \n## Technologies\n- React \u003cimg alt=\"react\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/-React-45b8d8?style=flat-square\u0026logo=react\u0026logoColor=white\" /\u003e\n- Node \u003cimg alt=\"Nodejs\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/-Nodejs-43853d?style=flat-square\u0026logo=Node.js\u0026logoColor=white\" /\u003e\n- Express \u003cimg alt=\"Express\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/-Express-000000?style=flat-square\u0026logo=express\u0026logoColor=white\" /\u003e\n- Socket.io \u003cimg alt=\"Socket.io\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/-Socket.io-010101?style=flat-square\u0026logo=socket.io\u0026logoColor=white\" /\u003e\n- Redis \u003cimg alt=\"Redis\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/-Redis-DC382D?style=flat-square\u0026logo=redis\u0026logoColor=white\" /\u003e\n- Heroku \u003cimg alt=\"Heroku\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/-Heroku-430098?style=flat-square\u0026logo=heroku\u0026logoColor=white\" /\u003e\n- Vercel \u003cimg alt=\"vercel\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/-Vercel-000000?style=flat-square\u0026logo=vercel\u0026logoColor=white\" /\u003e\n\n## How to tun\nYou need to have **Docker** and **NodeJS** installed in your machine.\n\n### Clone Repository\n\n```bash\n$ git clone https://github.com/iAmmar7/redis-chat-challenge.git\n\n```\n\n### Install Dependencies\n\n```bash\n$ cd \u003cProject-Path\u003e\n\n$ npm i \u0026\u0026 cd client \u0026\u0026 npm i\n\n```\n\n### Initiate a docker container\n```bash\n$ sudo docker-compose up -d\n```\n\n### Fill some dummy data using our script\n```bash\n$ cd data_loader\n$ npm install\n$ npm start\n```\n\n### Run the server\nRun the following command in the root directory\n```bash\n$ npm start\n```\n\n### Run the client\n```bash\n$ cd client\n$ npm start\n```\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fiammar7%2Fredis-chat-challenge","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fiammar7%2Fredis-chat-challenge","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fiammar7%2Fredis-chat-challenge/lists"}