twiliochat-node

Node.js | Express implementation of Twilio Chat

Run the application

First clone this repository and cd into its directory:

$ git clone https://github.com/TwilioDevEd/twiliochat-node.git

$ cd twiliochat-node

Install project's dependencies:
```
$ npm install
```

Edit the following environments vars in the .env file. Be sure to replace the place holders with real information

export TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=Your-Account-SID
export TWILIO_API_KEY=Your-Twilio-API-KEY
export TWILIO_API_SECRET=Your-Twilio-API-SECRET
export TWILIO_IPM_SERVICE_SID=Your-Twilio-IPM-SERVICE-SID

You can find your TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID in your Twilio Account Settings. For TWILIO_API_KEY and TWILIO_API_SECRET you need to go here. There youl'll be able to create a new API key obtaining the two required values. For TWILIO_IPM_SERVICE_SID you can go here, where you must create an IP Messaging Service. When the service is created you'll have access to the service's SID.

Start the development server
```
$ npm start
```
Expose the application to the wider Internet using ngrok
```
$ ngrok http 3000 -host-header="localhost:3000"
```

That's it

Run the tests

Run backend tests
```
$ mocha test
```
Run javascript tests:
```
$ cd public && npm install && npm test
```

aimeerosato/twiliochat-node

twiliochat-node

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