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Real-time Chat API

Scalable chat backend with rooms, presence, typing indicators, and message history.

Node.jsSocket.IORedisPostgreSQL

Key features

  • Multiple chat rooms
  • Online presence and typing indicators
  • Persistent message history
  • Horizontal scaling via Redis adapter
  • JWT-based auth

Build steps

  1. 1

    Design schemas for users, rooms, messages

  2. 2

    Implement JWT auth & permissions

  3. 3

    Wire up Socket.IO with Redis adapter

  4. 4

    Add presence and typing events

  5. 5

    Persist messages and load history