Chat App

A realtime chat app using node.js mvc

Tech Stack

Client: Ejs, TailwindCSS

Server: Node, Express

Database: MongoDB

Author

• @Sujan804

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Installation

Common setup

Clone the repo and install the dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/contentful/the-example-app.nodejs.git
cd the-example-app.nodejs

npm install

Steps for read-only access

To start the express server, run the following

npm run start:dev

Open http://localhost:3000 and take a look around.

Steps for read and write access (recommended)

Step 1: Install the Contentful CLI

Step 2: Login to Contentful through the CLI. It will help you to create a free account if you don't have one already.

contentful login

Step 3: Create a new space

contentful space create --name 'My space for the example app'

Step 4: Seed the new space with the example content model the-example-app. Replace the SPACE_ID with the id returned from the create command executed in step 3

contentful space seed -s '<SPACE_ID>' -t the-example-app

Step 5: Head to the Contentful web app's API section and grab SPACE_ID, DELIVERY_ACCESS_TOKEN, PREVIEW_ACCESS_TOKEN.

Step 6: Open variables.env and inject your credentials so it looks like this

NODE_ENV=development
CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID=<SPACE_ID>
CONTENTFUL_DELIVERY_TOKEN=<DELIVERY_ACCESS_TOKEN>
CONTENTFUL_PREVIEW_TOKEN=<PREVIEW_ACCESS_TOKEN>
PORT=3000

Step 7: To start the express server, run the following

npm run start:dev

Final Step:

Open http://localhost:3000?editorial_features=enabled and take a look around. This URL flag adds an “Edit” button in the app on every editable piece of content which will take you back to Contentful web app where you can make changes. It also adds “Draft” and “Pending Changes” status indicators to all content if relevant.