Gaming Chat with PHP

This is a REST API of a gaming LFG platform, using mysql as data base. Having tables for games, members and messages, parties, users.

Installing

First clone the repository:
```
git clone https://github.com/luigiMinardi/GamingChatPHP
```
Enter in the cloned repo cd GamingChatPHP or open in your IDE, for example code GamingChatPHP if you're using VSC.
Install all the dependencies:
```
composer install
```
Create the data base:

You need to have mysql installed and running on your computer for this to work. You need to create the db directly on mysql (or your GUI manager for SQL dbs).
Make the migrations:
```
php artisan migrate
```
Run the server:
```
php artisan serve
```

In your root repository duplicate the .env.example file and rename it to be just .env, there you need to eddit these variables with your data:

APP_KEY=

DB_DATABASE=laravel
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Run php artisan jwt:secret to create the JWT_SECRET variable at your .env.

Now you are ready to use it.

created_at, update_at, id, are obligatory and auto-generated.

the id is the Primary Key of the tables.

USER email is unique.

GAME title is unique.

user_id, game_id and party_id are the USER, GAME and the PARTY Foreign Key respectively.

You may see references for the Primary Key as pk and for the foreign key as fk.

To see the endpoints and how they works, check our documentation.