Let's Meet - Full Stack Application

This is the complete documentation for Let's Meet — a real-time video conferencing web application inspired by Zoom. Built with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js), it supports user authentication, secure cookie-based sessions, and video conferencing with Socket.IO/WebRTC.

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🌐 Live URLs

• Frontend: https://shivam-lets-meet.netlify.app
• Backend: https://letsmeet-t85e.onrender.com

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📦 Tech Stack

Frontend

• React.js
• Tailwind CSS
• Axios
• React Router DOM
• Toastify (for notifications)

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB with Mongoose
• JSON Web Token (JWT)
• WebRTC
• Socket.IO
• bcryptjs
• cookie-parser
• cors

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📄 Features

• 🔒 JWT-based secure login with cookie-based auth
• 👥 Create, join, and manage meetings
• 📹 Real-time communication using WebRTC (frontend)
• 🍪 Cross-site cookie support for auth check
• 🧠 Passwords securely hashed with bcrypt
• 📦 REST APIs for user actions and auth
• 🕓 View Meeting History – Users can view their previously created or joined meetings with timestamps and titles

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🔐 Environment Variables (Backend)

Create a .env file inside the /server directory and add:

PORT=8000
MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://yourpassword:[email protected]/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=Cluster0
JWT_SECRET=secret
NODE_ENV=development

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🚀 Getting Started

Backend Setup

cd server
npm install
npm run dev

Runs at: http://localhost:8000

Frontend Setup

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

Runs at: http://localhost:5173

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🔁 API Endpoints (Backend)

Auth

• POST /api/v1/users/check - Check is api working
• POST /api/v1/users/register - Register user
• POST /api/v1/users/login - Login user
• GET /api/v1/users/auth-check - Auth check via cookies
• POST /api/v1/users/logout - Logout user

More API endpoints related to meetings and Socket.IO are handled on the frontend for real-time connections.

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🧪 Testing

Make sure to test CORS and cookie settings properly:

• Allow third-party cookies in your browser settings
• Backend must allow frontend origin
• Frontend Axios requests must use { withCredentials: true }

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📬 Contact

Made with ❤️ by Shivam Gaur

• 🔗 GitHub
• 📸 Instagram

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