We-Talk 🌐

WeTalk is a web-based video conferencing application that facilitates seamless real-time communication and collaboration across geographical barriers. It integrates WebRTC and Agora SDK for peer-to-peer (P2P) video communication. With Socket.IO, WeTalk enhances interaction through real-time chat functions, enabling participants to exchange text messages alongside video sessions.

Features:

• Real-time Video Conferencing: Conduct high-quality video conferences with minimal latency.
• Peer-to-Peer Communication: Utilize WebRTC for direct P2P connections, ensuring efficient and secure transmission of video and audio streams.
• Interactive Chat: Exchange text messages in real-time during video sessions.
• Scalable and Secure Architecture: Designed to handle scalability needs while prioritizing security and privacy concerns.

Tech Stack:

• Frontend: React
• Backend: Node.js
• Video Communication: WebRTC, Agora SDK
• Real-time Interaction: Socket.IO

Getting Started:

• Clone the repository

  git clone https://github.com/pooranjoyb/We_Talk.git

• Install the dependencies

  npm install
  cd client && npm install

• Setup MongoDB collection in your local machine

  • Enter MongoDB shell

   mongosh 

  • Create a database called wetalk

   use wetalk

  • Create the following collections

  db.createCollection("users")
  db.createCollection("rooms")
  db.createCollection("chats")

• Create an Agora Account and add the Agora SDK AppId & TOKEN. Remmeber to keep the channel name as wetalk while creating the project.

  cd client
  nano .env
  
  # Add these in the .env file
  
  REACT_APP_API_URL=http://localhost:5000
  REACT_APP_AGORA_APP_ID=your_agora_app_id
  REACT_APP_AGORA_TOKEN=your_agora_sdk_temp_webrtc_token

• Start the server and client from the root directory (both in seperate terminals).

  npm run server
  npm run dev

` All Set! You can checkout the project live in your local machine :)

(In case your database doesn't get connected update the following)

  cd utils && nano db.js
  const MONGODB_URI = 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/wetalk'

Screenshots

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License