A social network app built with React, NodeJS and MongoDB.

Features

• Authentication: Local and Google OAuth 2.0 using PassportJS
• Publish posts that other users can interact with by liking and commenting
• Add friends to see their posts in your home page
• Customizable user profile page

Setup

1. Clone this repository.

2. Open a terminal and navigate into the root directory of your local repository.

3. Install dependencies:

    npm install
   

4. Create a MongoDB database. See Get started with MongoDB Atlas.

5. Create a .env file in the backend directory and add a MONGODB_URL variable with your MongoDB connection string:

    echo "MONGODB_URL=<Your mongodb connection string>" > backend/.env
   

   Note: at this point the app is ready to be launched. If you do not need any of the features below, skip to step 8.

6. Set up Google OAuth:

   • Register your app in the Google Cloud platform. Check Setting up OAuth 2.0.

   • Add GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables to the backend .env file:

      GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=<Your google client ID>
      GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=<Your google client secret>
     

7. Enable user image upload:

   • Create a free cloudinary account.

   • Navigate to the cloudinary dashboard.

   • Copy the cloudinary environment variable into the backend .env file:

      CLOUDINARY_URL=<Your cloudinary URL>
     

8. Start the app:

    npm start
   

   Client will be available at localhost:3000.

Tests

This app features unit and integration tests with jest and testing-library.

The test runner can be launched in the root directory by running:

npm test