README

Running Instructions

This project was tested using Docker version 26.0.0

1. Clone the repo using

   git clone https://github.com/OsamaNabih/chat-system
   

2. Run the command inside the cloned repo (This may take a while)

   docker compose up --build -d
   

   NOTE The -d flag is for detached mode, which runs the services in the background. Omit to view all the logs in the same terminal.

3. OPTIONAL If you want some starter dummy data, you can run NOTE: If you ran the up command in the foreground, you'll need to open a new terminal for the following commands.
   

   docker exec -it rails_server rails db:seed
   

4. You can use the Postman collection file "chat-system.postman_collection" to facilitate working with the API. You'll find collection variables available for your convenience.

Re-runs

1. To flush the Redis cache, you can run

docker exec -it redis redis-cli FLUSHALL

2. To remove all data from Elasticsearch, run the appropriate Request for that in the Postman collection.

About

API built for a chat system using Ruby on Rails, versions 2.7.5 and 5.2.6 respectively. Redis, Elasticsearch, and Sidekiq
The system has Applications, which contains Chats, each Chat has Messages inside of it.
Core functionality is basic CRUD operations for the three resources as well as a Search endpoint that partially matches existing messages for an Application/Chat pair with a user query string.