kailash360/whatsapp-clone

Whatsapp Clone

Environment set-up

• Fork this repository and clone it on your device using command git clone <your_repo_url>
• In the terminal,
  • cd server and run command npm run start to start the backend server
  • cd client and run command npm run start to start the localhost server
• Create a firebase project and in the clients folder create a .env file and add the firebaseConfig parameters in your .env files just like this :

REACT_APP_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxx
REACT_APP_AUTH_DOMAIN=xxxxxxxxxx
REACT_APP_PROJECTID=xxxxxxxxxx
REACT_APP_STORAGE_BUCKET=xxxxxxxxxx
REACT_APP_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID=xxxxxxxxxx
REACT_APP_APP_ID=xxxxxxxxxx

• And in the firebase project, go to Firestore DataBase and create a collection named rooms, just like this :