🗨️ Mini Chat App

A minimal chat and contact manager built with Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and EJS. Users can send messages, view chat history, and manage contacts. Styled simply for clarity and learning purposes.

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🚀 Features

• 📩 Send and receive messages between users
• 📖 View all chat messages in chronological order
• 📝 Edit or delete messages

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Mongoose
• Frontend: EJS templating engine, Bootstrap (optional)
• Others: Method-override for PATCH/DELETE requests

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## 📁 Project Structure
Mini-Chat/
├── public/
│   ├── css/
│   │   └── style.css              # Styling for chat UI
│   ├── js/
│   │   └── client.js              # Client-side socket logic
│   └── images/                    # (Optional) Project images or logos
│
├── views/
│   └── index.ejs                  # Main chat page template
│
├── .gitignore                     # Git ignored files (e.g., node_modules)
├── package.json                   # Project dependencies and scripts
├── server.js                      # Main server file (Express + Socket.IO)
└── README.md                      # Project overview and setup guide

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📸 Screenshots

💬 Chat Page

🖊️ Edit Message

🆕 New Chat

You can update the image URLs if you upload your own screenshots.

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🔧 Local Setup

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/OmBarabhai/minichat.git

cd minichat

Install dependencies

npm install

Set up MongoDB

Make sure MongoDB is running locally or connect using MongoDB Atlas.

You can update the MongoDB connection string inside server.js.

Start the server

node server.js

http://localhost:8080/chats