Sastagram (Instagram clone):

Github Link

Hosted Website

Features Provided:

• Authentication using JWT - Suggested Tutorial
• Profile Page
• See Profiles
• Explore Posts
• Add Post
• Update Profile Picture

Upcoming Features:

• Follow / unfollow
• Like / unline
• Home page (showing the posts of followed users)
• Private / public account

To Install to your local environment:

Step 1: Initial Setup

$ cd <project-destination>
$ git clone https://github.com/theneelshah/sastagram.git

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Step 2: Setting up environment variables Create a .env file in the home directory with the following variables:

1. MONGOURI=<_Your mongodb database uri>
2. JWT*SECRET=<_Random string used to encrypt your JWT token for authentication. Ex: MY_SECRET_AND_ENCRYPTED_STRING*>
3. JWT*EXPIRES_IN=<_Time after your token expires. Ex: 2d *>
4. NODE_ENV=<*development / production*>

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Step 3: Installing dependencies

$ npm install
$ cd client
$ npm install

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Step 4: You're ready to go! (Make sure nodemon is installed globally / on your project)

$ npm start
$ cd client
$ npm start

Client runs on port 3000 & server on port 4546