Stayora

Stayora is a full-stack Airbnb-inspired rental listing web application built with Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB Atlas, EJS, Passport.js, Mapbox, Cloudinary, and Bootstrap. It allows users to discover stays, search and filter listings, save favorites to a wishlist, book available dates, leave reviews, and manage their own property listings.

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Overview

Stayora was built as a portfolio-ready full-stack project to demonstrate practical web development skills across authentication, CRUD operations, server-side rendering, database relationships, third-party API integration, image hosting, search and filter UX, wishlist handling, and booking validation. GitHub portfolio READMEs are strongest when they include a concise overview, a project demo, the main technologies used, and a clear explanation of the problem the project solves.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB Atlas, Mongoose
• Frontend: EJS, Bootstrap, CSS
• Authentication: Passport.js, passport-local, passport-local-mongoose
• Maps & Geocoding: Mapbox GL JS, Mapbox SDK
• Image Hosting: Cloudinary, Multer, Multer-Storage-Cloudinary
• Session Store: connect-mongo
• Deployment: Render

Project Structure

Stayora/
│── controllers/
│── models/
│── routes/
│── views/
│── public/
│── utils/
│── app.js
│── cloudConfig.js
│── middleware.js
│── schema.js
│── package.json

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/Stayora.git
   cd Stayora

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory and add:

   ATLASDB_URL=your_mongodb_connection_string
   SECRET=your_session_secret
   CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_cloud_name
   CLOUD_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
   CLOUD_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret
   MAP_TOKEN=your_mapbox_token

4. Start the development server:

   nodemon app.js

5. Open the app in your browser:

   http://localhost:8080

Environment Variables

The project requires these environment variables:

• ATLASDB_URL — MongoDB Atlas connection string.
• SECRET — Session secret.
• CLOUD_NAME — Cloudinary cloud name.
• CLOUD_API_KEY — Cloudinary API key.
• CLOUD_API_SECRET — Cloudinary API secret.
• MAP_TOKEN — Mapbox access token.

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Author

Developed by Akshat Trivedi.