Protocol is a messaging app that translates languages in real time. For the first time, many people can communicate in different languages and each person will see all the messages translated in their own language automatically. Developed by J.D. Bean and Jeremy Gottfried. This project is unmaintained and is not seeking contributions at this time.
Today we can message people all across the world in real time, yet one of the few remaining communication barriers is spoken language. Protocol makes it possible for people who speak different languages to have conversations in real time. No copying and pasting into Google Translate is required. Every message is translated automatically.
- JWT + bcrypt authentication and authorization
- Vanilla JS frontend
- Ruby on Rails backend
- Web Sockets through Action Cable
- Google Translate API
- Clone this repo
- Clone the backend repo at https://github.com/jdbean/protocol-backend
- Run
bundle install
on the backend repo. - Run
rails db:create
andrails db:migrate
on the backend repo. - Alter the seed.rb file to add your own info.
- Set up your own Google Translate API credentials -- follow directions here: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production
- Run
rails s
on the backend repo. - Run
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
on the frontend server - Navigate to http://localhost:8000