commit f393dc5b4d5971ae7b67daf70e1fbd19f4563fe3
parent 4d610330b97915fb41f0a710343dc35bc1e51a0e
Author: Amit Dutta <mail@amit.is-a.dev>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:37:45 +0530
v4.2.1
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/whatsapp-logger/setup-frontend.md b/src/whatsapp-logger/setup-frontend.md
@@ -7,25 +7,15 @@ order: 850
1. Download `index.html` from the repository.
2. Open it in a text editor.
-3. Find the configuration section (around line 675). Before editing, it looks like this:
+3. Find the configuration line near the top of the `<script>` block. Before editing, it looks like this:
```javascript
const RENDER_BACKEND_URL = "";
-
-// Firebase Config
-const firebaseConfig = {
- apiKey: "",
- authDomain: "",
- projectId: "",
- storageBucket: "",
- messagingSenderId: "",
- appId: ""
-};
```
-4. Fill in the details:
- - `RENDER_BACKEND_URL` — your Render URL, e.g. `https://your-app.onrender.com` (**no trailing slash**)
- - `firebaseConfig` — the keys you copied during [Firebase Setup](firebase-setup.md)
+4. Fill in your Render URL, e.g. `https://your-app.onrender.com` (**no trailing slash**).
+
+That's the only setting needed. As of v4.2.1, the frontend has no Firebase configuration of its own — it authenticates against your Render backend (`/api/verify`) and gets a session token back, then uses that token for every chat/message request over Server-Sent Events. Firebase credentials only ever live on the backend, set in [Deploy the Backend](deploy-backend.md).
## Deploy the frontend
