BookGram

Social Media Application using MERN Stack

Requirements

• Node
• npm
• MongoDB cloud database (MongoDB Atlas can be used to create one)
• Cloudinary account for saving photos posted by users

Installation

First, clone this repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/ayushdata/BookGram.git
$ cd BookGram

Create a dev.js file inside the config folder and paste the below code giving the link to your MongoDB cloud database (MongoDB Atlas can be used) and give a random string of alphanumeric characters in the JWT_SECRET field.

module.exports = {
    mongoURI: "mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@cluster0.mongodb.net/<dbname>?retryWrites=true&w=majority",
    JWT_SECRET: "RANDOM_STRING_OF_SOME_ALPHANUMERIC_CHARACTERS"
}

Create a dev.js file inside the client/src folder and paste the below code giving the cloudName of your Cloudinary account, uploadPreset and the API Base URL of your Cloudinary account.

module.exports = {
    uploadPreset: "YOUR_UPLOAD_PRESET_VALUE",
    cloudName: "YOUR_CLOUD_NAME",
    API_URL: "YOUR_API_BASE_URL"
}

In the project root directory, install the dependencies and start the server

$ npm install
$ nodemon app

Navigate to the client folder from the project root directory, install the dependencies and start the client

$ cd client
$ npm install
$ npm start

Go to localhost:3000 to see your Application running

localhost:3000