Technology

• This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app.

• Requires Node 14 (or higher) + Yarn as the package manager

• It's hosted on Vercel

• It uses a MongoDB Atlas instance via Vercel Integration

• Real Time Communication is handled via Ably

• Imgur's public API for hosting pictures

Getting Started

Setup Environment Variables

# from the root
touch .env

These values are required to run locally, and must also be filled in the Vercel dashboard:

ABLY_API_KEY=
MONGODB_URI=
IMGUR_CLIENT_ID=

Run the development server:

yarn dev

Run end to end tests:

yarn e2e

Note: Imgur blocks localhost visit the app at 0.0.0.0 to bypass the Imgur block

Open http://0.0.0.0:3000 with your browser to see the result.