adcimon / lobby-server

General-purpose WebSocket-based lobby server.

Lobby Server

General-purpose WebSocket-based lobby server. Built with Node.js and Nest.js.

Features

• Authorization using JSON Web Tokens.
• Create and join rooms.
• Kick users.
• Send text messages to the room chat.
• API documentation available.

Install

1. Configure the .env file.

2. Install Node 16.

3. Install packages.

cd lobby-server
npm install

Run

Run the server for development, debug or production.

cd lobby-server
npm run start:dev
npm run start:debug
npm run start:prod

Build

Build the project, compiling it to JavaScript.

cd lobby-server
npm run build

Once the dist folder is created start the application.

node dist/main.js