Setup

Before getting started, make sure Git, Node.js, and npm are installed on your system.

Obtain API Keys

You gave 2 options to obtain your API Keys

1. Demo Keys:
   Fill out this Google Form and we'll email you with the API Key & Secret, valid for 72 Hours.

   Once they expire, you can create the credentials on the Developer Console by signing up for a free account.

2. API Keys from the Developer Console:
   

   • Create an account on the Developer Console
   • Go to API Keys in the side menu
   • Create your API Keys and download them. Detailed tutorial here

Project Setup

1. Open a terminal
2. cd into a folder of your choice
3. Clone the project by running
   

   git clone https://github.com/Realtime-Relay/terminal-chat-example.git

4. Go to the terminal-chat-app directory
   

   cd terminal-chat-example/terminal-chat-app

5. Install Dependencies
   

   npm install

In the next section, we’ll configure the API Key and Secret in the application, run it, and walk through how the code works.