Discussion of Ideas - Is a Backend Necessary Here?

[Avivbens]

Hi 👋

SUPER nice idea! Could really gain some impact regarding daily work with WhatsApp, and in general for fun!

After reviewing the code, I'm curious about the need for a backend.
The extension has the necessary permissions to read from the DOM and could manage the API key to make calls directly. Doesn't this approach simplify the extension's setup and potentially make it a leading tool for WhatsApp?

One more thing - I noticed that the code is accessing the backend with http instead of https - probably because we're working locally.
For WhatsApp messages, especially in the privacy era, I would consider that (if not dropping the backend).

See code here

Thank you for this amazing repo!
Would love to help out 🏆

[githmm]

Hi @Avivbens ,
I'm not an expert, and not sure why, but when running the backend on a different machine (a local Ubuntu in this case), the browser tries 'https' even though the code states 'http'.
(caused a different issue though - I used nginx to proxy https to http, but Chrome blocked my self-signed certificate...)