whatsapp-web - Backend

Description

A real-time Server ( based on node.js, express framework, and socket.io) using mongoDB to store users data. The application provides the ability to build users' profiles and interact in real-time with socket.io to send whatsapp messages, notify when receiving messages, and customize auto-replies.

Features

• Authenticate and authorize users by JWT Bearer token and initialize express-session for each user.
• Use socket.io to interact with whatsapp.
• Have async API documentation for socket.io events.
• Store data in mongodb using the mongoose ODM.
• Upload the media by Multer middleware and store them on Cloudinary.

Installing

• Download the dependencies with npm package manager

$ npm install

Executing program

• • The website works on http://localhost:process.env.PORT || 8080 OR by nodemon which is run in development mode with monitoring of debugging terminal.

npm run scripts

"scripts": {
  "prettier": "prettier --config .prettierrc 'src/**/*.js'  --write",
  "dev": "nodemon index.js 5050",
  "prod": " NODE_ENV=prod node index.js 8080",
  "start": "NODE_ENV=prod node index.js 8080",
},

Environment Variables

src/config/env.js

PORT,
DBURI,
DBURI_remote,
TOKENWORD,              //secret token word

//wWhatsApp Client
WSESSION_FILE_PATH,    //file path to store whatsapp sessions

//SMTP
sendinblue_user,      
sendinblue_key,
to_email,
smtp_host,
smtp_port,

// Cloudinary
cloudinary_name,
cloudinary_api_key,
cloudinary_api_secret,

//Environment
baseUrl,
NODE_ENV,

Directory Structure

.
|_node_modules/
|_src
  |_config        #configurations files
  |_controllers   #controllers files
  |_middlewares   #custom middleware
  |_models        #database repositories files
  |_routes        #API routes files
  |_utils         #general server utilities
|
|_.env
|_.gitignore
|_index.js
|_package.json
|_README.md
|_LICENSE.md