A Social Media Application

📋 Table of Contents

1. 🤖 Introduction
2. ⚙️ Tech Stack
3. 🔋 Features
4. 🤸 Quick Start
5. 🕸️ Snippets
6. 🔗 Links
7. 🚀 More

🤖 Introduction

Explore social media with this user-friendly platform that has a nice look and lots of features. Easily create and explore posts, and enjoy a strong authentication system and quick data fetching using React Query for a smooth user experience.

⚙️ Tech Stack

• React.js
• Appwrite
• React Query
• TypeScript
• Shadcn
• Tailwind CSS

🔋 Features

👉 Authentication System: A robust authentication system ensuring security and user privacy

👉 Explore Page: Homepage for users to explore posts, with a featured section for top creators

👉 Like and Save Functionality: Enable users to like and save posts, with dedicated pages for managing liked and saved content

👉 Detailed Post Page: A detailed post page displaying content and related posts for an immersive user experience

👉 Profile Page: A user profile page showcasing liked posts and providing options to edit the profile

👉 Browse Other Users: Allow users to browse and explore other users' profiles and posts

👉 Create Post Page: Implement a user-friendly create post page with effortless file management, storage, and drag-drop feature

👉 Edit Post Functionality: Provide users with the ability to edit the content of their posts at any time

👉 Responsive UI with Bottom Bar: A responsive UI with a bottom bar, enhancing the mobile app feel for seamless navigation

👉 React Query Integration: Incorporate the React Query (Tanstack Query) data fetching library for, Auto caching to enhance performance, Parallel queries for efficient data retrieval, First-class Mutations, etc

👉 Backend as a Service (BaaS) - Appwrite: Utilize Appwrite as a Backend as a Service solution for streamlined backend development, offering features like authentication, database, file storage, and more

and many more, including code architecture and reusability

🤸 Quick Start

Follow these steps to set up the project locally on your machine.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Git
• Node.js
• npm (Node Package Manager)

Cloning the Repository

git clone https://github.com/adrianhajdin/social_media_app.git
cd social_media_app

Installation

Install the project dependencies using npm:

npm install

Set Up Environment Variables

Create a new file named .env in the root of your project and add the following content:

VITE_APPWRITE_URL=
VITE_APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_DATABASE_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_STORAGE_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_USER_COLLECTION_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_POST_COLLECTION_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_SAVES_COLLECTION_ID=

Replace the placeholder values with your actual Appwrite credentials. You can obtain these credentials by signing up on the Appwrite website.

Running the Project

npm start

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser to view the project.

🕸️ Snippets

constants.index.ts

typescript

export const sidebarLinks = [
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/home.svg",
    route: "/",
    label: "Home",
  },
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/wallpaper.svg",
    route: "/explore",
    label: "Explore",
  },
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/people.svg",
    route: "/all-users",
    label: "People",
  },
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/bookmark.svg",
    route: "/saved",
    label: "Saved",
  },
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/gallery-add.svg",
    route: "/create-post",
    label: "Create Post",
  },
];

export const bottombarLinks = [
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/home.svg",
    route: "/",
    label: "Home",
  },
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/wallpaper.svg",
    route: "/explore",
    label: "Explore",
  },
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/bookmark.svg",
    route: "/saved",
    label: "Saved",
  },
  {
    imgURL: "/assets/icons/gallery-add.svg",
    route: "/create-post",
    label: "Create",
  },
];


</details>

<details>
<summary><code>globals.css</code></summary>

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swap");

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

@layer base {
  * {
    @apply box-border list-none p-0 m-0 scroll-smooth;
  }

  body {
    @apply bg-dark-1 text-white min-h-screen font-inter;
  }
}

@layer utilities {
  /* TYPOGRAPHY */
  .h1-bold {
    @apply text-[36px] font-bold leading-[140%] tracking-tighter;
  }

  .h1-semibold {
    @apply text-[36px] font-semibold leading-[140%] tracking-tighter;
  }

  .h2-bold {
    @apply text-[30px] font-bold leading-[140%] tracking-tighter;
  }

  .h3-bold {
    @apply text-[24px] font-bold leading-[140%] tracking-tighter;
  }

  .base-semibold {
    @apply text-[16px] font-semibold leading-[140%] tracking-tighter;
  }

  .base-medium {
    @apply text-[16px] font-medium leading-[140%];
  }

  .base-regular {
    @apply text-[16px] font-normal leading-[140%];
  }

  .body-bold {
    @apply text-[18px] font-bold leading-[140%];
  }

  .body-medium {
    @apply text-[18px] font-medium leading-[140%];
  }

  .small-semibold {
    @apply text-[14px] font-semibold leading-[140%] tracking-tighter;
  }

  .small-medium {
    @apply text-[14px] font-medium leading-[140%];
  }

  .small-regular {
    @apply text-[14px] font-normal leading-[140%];
  }

  .subtle-semibold {
    @apply text-[12px] font-semibold leading-[140%];
  }

  .tiny-medium {
    @apply text-[10px] font-medium leading-[140%];
  }

  /* UTILITIES */
  .invert-white {
    @apply invert brightness-0 transition;
  }

  .flex-center {
    @apply flex justify-center items-center;
  }

  .flex-between {
    @apply flex justify-between items-center;
  }

  .flex-start {
    @apply flex justify-start items-center;
  }

  .custom-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 3px;
    height: 3px;
    border-radius: 2px;
  }

  .custom-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background: #09090a;
  }

  .custom-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background: #5c5c7b;
    border-radius: 50px;
  }

  .custom-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
    background: #7878a3;
  }

  .common-container {
    @apply flex flex-col flex-1 items-center gap-10 overflow-scroll py-10 px-5 md:px-8 lg:p-14 custom-scrollbar;
  }

  /* All Users */
  .user-container {
    @apply max-w-5xl flex flex-col items-start w-full gap-6 md:gap-9;
  }

  .user-grid {
    @apply w-full grid grid-cols-1 xs:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3 gap-7 max-w-5xl;
  }

  /* Explore */
  .explore-container {
    @apply flex flex-col flex-1 items-center overflow-scroll py-10 px-5 md:p-14 custom-scrollbar;
  }

  .explore-inner_container {
    @apply max-w-5xl flex flex-col items-center w-full gap-6 md:gap-9;
  }

  .explore-search {
    @apply h-12 bg-dark-4 border-none placeholder:text-light-4 focus-visible:ring-0 focus-visible:ring-offset-0 ring-offset-0 !important;
  }

  /* Home */
  .home-container {
    @apply flex flex-col flex-1 items-center gap-10 overflow-scroll py-10 px-5 md:px-8 lg:p-14 custom-scrollbar;
  }

  .home-posts {
    @apply max-w-screen-sm flex flex-col items-center w-full gap-6 md:gap-9;
  }

  .home-creators {
    @apply hidden xl:flex flex-col w-72 2xl:w-465 px-6 py-10 gap-10  overflow-scroll custom-scrollbar;
  }

  /* Post Details */
  .post_details-container {
    @apply flex flex-col flex-1 gap-10 overflow-scroll py-10 px-5 md:p-14 custom-scrollbar items-center;
  }

  .post_details-card {
    @apply bg-dark-2 w-full max-w-5xl rounded-[30px] flex-col flex xl:flex-row border border-dark-4 xl:rounded-l-[24px];
  }

  .post_details-img {
    @apply h-80 lg:h-[480px] xl:w-[48%] rounded-t-[30px] xl:rounded-l-[24px] xl:rounded-tr-none object-cover p-5 bg-dark-1;
  }

  .post_details-info {
    @apply bg-dark-2 flex flex-col gap-5 lg:gap-7 flex-1 items-start p-8 rounded-[30px];
  }

  .post_details-delete_btn {
    @apply p-0 flex gap-3 hover:bg-transparent hover:text-light-1  text-light-1 small-medium lg:base-medium;
  }

  /* Profile */
  .profile-container {
    @apply flex flex-col items-center flex-1 gap-10 overflow-scroll py-10 px-5 md:p-14 custom-scrollbar;
  }

  .profile-inner_container {
    @apply flex items-center md:mb-8 xl:items-start gap-8 flex-col xl:flex-row relative max-w-5xl w-full;
  }

  .profile-tab {
    @apply flex-center gap-3 py-4 w-48 bg-dark-2  transition flex-1 xl:flex-initial;
  }

  /* Saved */
  .saved-container {
    @apply flex flex-col flex-1 items-center gap-10 overflow-scroll py-10 px-5 md:p-14 custom-scrollbar;
  }

  /* Bottom bar */
  .bottom-bar {
    @apply z-50 flex-between w-full sticky bottom-0 rounded-t-[20px] bg-dark-2 px-5 py-4 md:hidden;
  }

  /* File uploader */
  .file_uploader-img {
    @apply h-80 lg:h-[480px] w-full rounded-[24px] object-cover object-top;
  }

  .file_uploader-label {
    @apply text-light-4 text-center small-regular w-full p-4 border-t border-t-dark-4;
  }

  .file_uploader-box {
    @apply flex-center flex-col p-7 h-80 lg:h-[612px];
  }

  /* Grid Post List */
  .grid-container {
    @apply w-full grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3 gap-7 max-w-5xl;
  }

  .grid-post_link {
    @apply flex rounded-[24px] border border-dark-4 overflow-hidden cursor-pointer w-full h-full;
  }

  .grid-post_user {
    @apply absolute bottom-0 p-5 flex-between w-full bg-gradient-to-t from-dark-3 to-transparent rounded-b-[24px] gap-2;
  }

  /* Left sidebar */
  .leftsidebar {
    @apply hidden md:flex px-6 py-10 flex-col justify-between min-w-[270px] bg-dark-2;
  }

  .leftsidebar-link {
    @apply rounded-lg base-medium hover:bg-primary-500 transition;
  }

  /* Post Card */
  .post-card {
    @apply bg-dark-2 rounded-3xl border border-dark-4 p-5 lg:p-7 w-full max-w-screen-sm;
  }

  .post-card_img {
    @apply h-64 xs:h-[400px] lg:h-[450px] w-full rounded-[24px] object-cover mb-5;
  }

  /* Topbar */
  .topbar {
    @apply sticky top-0 z-50 md:hidden bg-dark-2 w-full;
  }

  /* User card */
  .user-card {
    @apply flex-center flex-col gap-4 border border-dark-4 rounded-[20px] px-5 py-8;
  }
}

@layer components {
  /* SHADCN COMPONENTS */
  /* Form */
  .shad-form_label {
    @apply text-white !important;
  }

  .shad-form_message {
    @apply text-red !important;
  }

  .shad-input {
    @apply h-12 bg-dark-4 border-none placeholder:text-light-4 focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 ring-offset-light-3 !important;
  }

  .shad-textarea {
    @apply h-36 bg-dark-3 rounded-xl border-none focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 ring-offset-light-3 !important;
  }

  /* Button */
  .shad-button_primary {
    @apply bg-primary-500 hover:bg-primary-500 text-light-1 flex gap-2 !important;
  }

  .shad-button_dark_4 {
    @apply h-12 bg-dark-4 px-5 text-light-1 flex gap-2 !important;
  }

  .shad-button_ghost {
    @apply flex gap-4 items-center justify-start hover:bg-transparent hover:text-white !important;
  }
}

queryKeys.ts

export enum QUERY_KEYS {
  // AUTH KEYS
  CREATE_USER_ACCOUNT = "createUserAccount",

  // USER KEYS
  GET_CURRENT_USER = "getCurrentUser",
  GET_USERS = "getUsers",
  GET_USER_BY_ID = "getUserById",

  // POST KEYS
  GET_POSTS = "getPosts",
  GET_INFINITE_POSTS = "getInfinitePosts",
  GET_RECENT_POSTS = "getRecentPosts",
  GET_POST_BY_ID = "getPostById",
  GET_USER_POSTS = "getUserPosts",
  GET_FILE_PREVIEW = "getFilePreview",

  //  SEARCH KEYS
  SEARCH_POSTS = "getSearchPosts",
}

tailwind.config.js

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
const defaultTheme = require('tailwindcss/defaultTheme')

module.exports = {
  darkMode: ['class'],
  content: [
    './pages/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
    './components/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
    './app/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
    './src/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
  ],
  theme: {
    container: {
      center: true,
      padding: '2rem',
      screens: {
        '2xl': '1400px',
      
      },
    },
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'primary-500': '#877EFF',
        'primary-600': '#5D5FEF',
        'secondary-500': '#FFB620',
        'off-white': '#D0DFFF',
        'red': '#FF5A5A',
        'dark-1': '#000000',
        'dark-2': '#09090A',
        'dark-3': '#101012',
        'dark-4': '#1F1F22',
        'light-1': '#FFFFFF',
        'light-2': '#EFEFEF',
        'light-3': '#7878A3',
        'light-4': '#5C5C7B',
      },
      screens: {
        'xs': '480px',
      
      },
      width: {
        '420': '420px',
        '465': '465px',
      },
      fontFamily: {
        inter: ['Inter', 'sans-serif'],

      },
      keyframes: {
        'accordion-down': {
          from: { height: 0 },
          to: { height: 'var(--radix-accordion-content-height)' },
        },
        'accordion-up': {
          from: { height: 'var(--radix-accordion-content-height)' },
          to: { height: 0 },
        },
      },
      animation: {
        'accordion-down': 'accordion-down 0.2s ease-out',
        'accordion-up': 'accordion-up 0.2s ease-out',
      },
    },
  },
  plugins: [require('tailwindcss-animate')],
};

types.index.ts

export type INavLink = {
  imgURL: string;
  route: string;
  label: string;
};

export type IUpdateUser = {
  userId: string;
  name: string;
  bio: string;
  imageId: string;
  imageUrl: URL | string;
  file: File[];
};

export type INewPost = {
  userId: string;
  caption: string;
  file: File[];
  location?: string;
  tags?: string;
};

export type IUpdatePost = {
  postId: string;
  caption: string;
  imageId: string;
  imageUrl: URL;
  file: File[];
  location?: string;
  tags?: string;
};

export type IUser = {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  username: string;
  email: string;
  imageUrl: string;
  bio: string;
};

export type INewUser = {
  name: string;
  email: string;
  username: string;
  password: string;
};

useDebounce.ts

import { useEffect, useState } from "react";

// https://codesandbox.io/s/react-query-debounce-ted8o?file=/src/useDebounce.js
export default function useDebounce<T>(value: T, delay: number): T {
  // State and setters for debounced value
  const [debouncedValue, setDebouncedValue] = useState<T>(value);

  useEffect(() => {
    // Update debounced value after delay
    const handler = setTimeout(() => {
      setDebouncedValue(value);
    }, delay);

    // Cancel the timeout if value changes (also on delay change or unmount)
    // This is how we prevent debounced value from updating if value is changed ...
    // .. within the delay period. Timeout gets cleared and restarted.
    return () => {
      clearTimeout(handler);
    };
  }, [value, delay]); // Only re-call effect if value or delay changes

  return debouncedValue;
}

utils.ts

import { type ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";

export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
  return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}

export const convertFileToUrl = (file: File) => URL.createObjectURL(file);

export function formatDateString(dateString: string) {
  const options: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions = {
    year: "numeric",
    month: "short",
    day: "numeric",
  };

  const date = new Date(dateString);
  const formattedDate = date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", options);

  const time = date.toLocaleTimeString([], {
    hour: "numeric",
    minute: "2-digit",
  });

  return `${formattedDate} at ${time}`;
}

// 
export const multiFormatDateString = (timestamp: string = ""): string => {
  const timestampNum = Math.round(new Date(timestamp).getTime() / 1000);
  const date: Date = new Date(timestampNum * 1000);
  const now: Date = new Date();

  const diff: number = now.getTime() - date.getTime();
  const diffInSeconds: number = diff / 1000;
  const diffInMinutes: number = diffInSeconds / 60;
  const diffInHours: number = diffInMinutes / 60;
  const diffInDays: number = diffInHours / 24;

  switch (true) {
    case Math.floor(diffInDays) >= 30:
      return formatDateString(timestamp);
    case Math.floor(diffInDays) === 1:
      return `${Math.floor(diffInDays)} day ago`;
    case Math.floor(diffInDays) > 1 && diffInDays < 30:
      return `${Math.floor(diffInDays)} days ago`;
    case Math.floor(diffInHours) >= 1:
      return `${Math.floor(diffInHours)} hours ago`;
    case Math.floor(diffInMinutes) >= 1:
      return `${Math.floor(diffInMinutes)} minutes ago`;
    default:
      return "Just now";
  }
};

export const checkIsLiked = (likeList: string[], userId: string) => {
  return likeList.includes(userId);
};