Group Messaging Platform

A real-time messaging platform that uses JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for secure user authentication and SocketIO for online conversation.

Features

Secure Authentication: Utilizes JWT to securely authenticate users and control access to chat rooms.

Real-Time Messaging: Uses SocketIO for real time messaging with other users.

Custom Chat Rooms: Create and join personalized chat rooms to talk with people of similar interests, topics, or just hang out with friends.

Message History: Stores user message histories in an SQLite database for later viewing on their profile page.

Tech Stack

Run Locally

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/MigrainePanda/group-messaging-platform

Install dependencies in a virtual environment

  pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a .env file in the project folder

  └─group-messaging-platform
    ├─application
    │  └─...
    ├─.env
    └─...

Define a 64 byte secret key in .env for hashing

  SECRET_KEY="your secret key"

Start the server

  python -m application

Navigate to the given link in the console to start chatting!

Authors

• Nicholas Tanaka (@MigrainePanda)
• Brandon Xu (@bxrr)