Migration Guide: from Twilio to CometChat

Read the full tutorial here: >> Migration Guide: from Twilio to CometChat

Technology

This demo uses:

• Node.js
• Express.js
• Body-parser
• Cors
• Dotenv
• Request

Running the demo

To run the demo follow these steps:

1. Head to CometChat Pro and create an account
2. From the dashboard, add a new app called "twilio-migration"
3. Select this newly added app from the list.
4. From the Quick Start copy the APP_ID, APP_REGION and AUTH_KEY. These will be used later.
5. Also copy the REST_API_KEY from the API & Auth Key tab.
6. Navigate to the Users tab, and delete all the default users and groups leaving it clean (very important).
7. Download the repository here or by running git clone https://github.com/hieptl/twilio-migration.git and open it in a code editor.
8. Create a file called .envs in the root folder of your project.
9. Import and inject your secret keys in the .env file containing your CometChat in this manner.

COMETCHAT_APP_ID=xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx
COMETCHAT_APP_REAGION=xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx
COMETCHAT_AUTH_KEY=xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx
COMETCHAT_API_KEY=xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx - xxx

12. Install all the dependencies of the applicatoin by running

npm install

13. Run the project with the following statement

node index.js 

14. Make sure to include the .env file in your gitIgnore file from being exposed online.

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Useful links

• 🏠 CometChat Homepage
• 🏠 CometChat Widget
• 🚀 Create your free account
• 📚 Documentation
• 👾 GitHub