Convoz

Convoz is a full-fledged social media web application, built with the MERN stack and Tailwind CSS.

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Features

• Create, Read, Update, and Delete Posts
• Like and Unlike Posts
• Create, Read, Update, and Delete Comments
• Auth using JWT
• Realtime Messaging
• View Profiles and browse their Posts and comments
• Random Avatar for each user
• Load More Pagination
• Sort Posts based on attributes such as Most liked, Most comments, and Date Created (Oldest or Newest)
• Profanity Filtering in posts and comments
• Search Posts by title
• Search Users by username
• Find Others area on the home screen which features random users
• 404 Page not found error page

Installation and usage

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/adesai1000/Convoz.git

2. Install dependencies

cd server
npm install
cd client
npm install

3. Create .env in the root directory

cd ..
touch .env

4. Configure environment variables in your new .env file. To acquire your MONGO_URI, create a cluster for free over at https://www.mongodb.com/.
5. Generate a random JWT secret, Run this script in the terminal:

node -e "console.log(require('crypto').randomBytes(32).toString('hex'))"

MONGO_URI=<YOUR_MONGO_URI> 
JWT_TOKEN=<YOUR_TOKEN_KEY>

5. Run the server

npm run server

6. Start a new terminal and run React's development server with Vite.

cd server
npm start
cd client
npm start