Social Media Platform

A full-stack social media application with a React frontend and Node.js backend.

Features

• User authentication (registration and login)
• Friend requests (send, accept, reject)
• Create and view posts
• Comment on posts
• User feed
• User profiles

Tech Stack

Frontend

• React
• React Router
• Create React App
• React app is live on https://social-app-two-bice.vercel.app/

Backend

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB with Mongoose
• JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication
• Server is live on https://socialapp-oo8u.onrender.com

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• npm
• MongoDB

Installation

1. Clone the repository

• git clone https://github.com/ideepakrajput/SocialApp.git

2. Install backend dependencies

• cd backend
• npm install

3. Install frontend dependencies

• cd frontend
• npm install

4. Create a .env file in the server directory and add your MongoDB URI and JWT secret:

• MONGODB_URI=your-mongodb-uri
• JWT_SECRET=your-jwt-secret

Running the application

1. Start the backend server

• cd server
• npm start
• The server will run on http://localhost:3000 by default.

2. Start the frontend development server

• cd frontend
• npm start
• The React app will run on http://localhost:3001 by default.

API Endpoints

• POST /api/users/register - Register a new user
• POST /api/users/login - User login
• POST /api/users/friend-request - Send a friend request
• POST /api/posts - Create a new post
• POST /api/posts/:id/comment - Add a comment to a post
• GET /api/feed - Get user feed

For more details, please refer to the API documentation.