🚀 LinkedIn Clone (MERN Stack)

A full-stack LinkedIn clone built using MERN stack with secure authentication and Google OAuth.

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🔥 Features

• 🔐 User Authentication (Signup / Login)
• 🔑 Forgot Password (Email Reset Link)
• 🔁 Reset Password with Token
• 🌐 Google Login (OAuth 2.0)
• 🧠 JWT आधारित Authentication
• 🗄 MongoDB Database Integration
• ⚡ REST API (Node.js + Express)

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🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React.js
• Tailwind CSS
• Axios

Backend:

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB (Mongoose)
• JWT Authentication
• Passport.js (Google OAuth)

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🔐 Environment Variables

Create a .env file in backend:

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_secret
EMAIL_USER=your_email
EMAIL_PASS=your_app_password
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret

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🚀 Installation

Backend

cd backend
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

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📌 API Endpoints

Auth

• POST /api/auth/register
• POST /api/auth/login
• POST /api/auth/forgot-password
• POST /api/auth/reset-password/:token
• GET /api/auth/google

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📸 Screenshots

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💡 Future Improvements

• 📝 Post Creation (Feed System)
• ❤️ Like & Comment System
• 👥 User Profile Enhancement
• 🔔 Notifications

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👨‍💻 Author

Altaf Shaikh

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