IcyPhotos
Photo sharing and gallery application. Built with Node/Express/MongoDB
Getting Started
git clone https://github.com/marciandmnd/IcyPhotos.git
cd IcyPhotos
npm install
Next, configure the necessary environment variables. See Prerequisites section below.
npm start
Prerequisites
IcyPhotos uses AWS S3 for storing photos. Also, MongoDB is used to store photo meta data and user data. So, the following environment variables are required:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxx
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxx
S3_BUCKET=xx
MONGODB_URI=xx
These environement variables should be defined in a .env
file in the project's root directory.
Running the tests
npm test
Deployment
IcyPhotos is pre-configured to be easily deployed to Heroku. Simply push the repo to your Heroku node application.
Built With
- Node - The web framework used
- Express - Dependency Management
- https://www.mongodb.com/ - Used to generate RSS Feeds
Contributing
Pull requests welcome!
Versioning
We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.
Authors
- Marcian Diamond - Initial work - marcian.guru
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details
Acknowledgments
Authors of Node.js in Action:
- Mike Cantelon
- Marc Harter
- T.J. Holowaychuk
- Nathan Rajlich