Movie Adda

Welcome to Movie Adda - your go-to platform for exploring and managing your favorite movies! This MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack project allows users to log in, view movie details fetched from an external API, and manage their list of favorite movies.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Tech Stack
• Getting Started
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Features

1. User Authentication:

   • Secure user authentication using bcryptjs for password hashing.
   • Users can sign up, log in, and log out.

2. Movie Details:

   • Fetches movie details from an external API for an extensive collection.
   • Users can view details like title, release date, genre, etc.

3. Favorite Movies:

   • Logged-in users can add movies to their list of favorites.
   • Option to remove movies from the favorites list.

4. Responsive Design:

   • User-friendly interface accessible on various devices.

Tech Stack

• Frontend:

  • React.js

• Backend:

  • Node.js
  • Express.js

• Database:

  • MongoDB (You may include the version if necessary)

• Authentication:

  • Bcryptjs

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/raghav1482/MvADDA.git]
   cd mvadda

Install server dependencies

• cd backend
• npm install

Install client dependencies

• cd frontend
• npm install

Run the server

• cd backend
• node index

Run the client (in a new terminal window)

• cd frontend
• npm start

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the server directory and add the following environment variables:

# Database
DATABASE=your_database_connection_string

Contributing to Movie Adda

🎉 We welcome your contributions to make this project even better. 🎉