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Instaclone

An instagram clone created with MongoDB, Express, React, and Socket.io

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Tech

Frontend: <a href="https://github.com/facebook/react">React</a>
State management: <a href="https://github.com/reduxjs/redux">Redux</a>
Routing: <a href="https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router">React Router</a>
Form management: <a href="https://github.com/jaredpalmer/formik">Formik</a>
Animations: <a href="https://github.com/react-spring/react-spring">React Spring</a>
Websocket management: <a href="https://github.com/socketio/socket.io">Socket.io</a>
Backend: <a href="https://github.com/expressjs/express">Express</a>
Database: <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose">MongoDB</a>
Image hosting: <a href="https://cloudinary.com/">Cloudinary</a>

Installation - Development

Clone

Clone this repo to your local machine using https://github.com/Sandermoen/instaclone

Setup

Install npm dependencies using npm install

$ npm install && cd client && npm install

Set up a MongoDB database either locally or provision a free database with <a href='https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas'>MongoDB Atlas</a>

Create a free <a href="https://cloudinary.com/">Cloudinary account</a>

Create a <a href='https://github.com/settings/developers'>GitHub OAuth app</a>

Create a .env file in the root directory

Set up required environment variables

MONGO_URI= // mongodb://localhost:27017/instaclone
JWT_SECRET= // random string: j2390jf09kjsalkj4r93
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY= // Cloudinary API key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET= // Cloudinary API secret
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME= // Cloudinary cloud name
SMTP_HOST= // mail.example.com
SMTP_PORT= // 587
EMAIL_USERNAME= // example@example.com
EMAIL_PASSWORD= // Password
HOME_URL= // http://localhost:3000
GITHUB_CLIENT_ID= // Client id for GitHub OAuth app
GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET= // Client secret for GitHub OAuth app
MODERATECONTENT_API_KEY= // Free API key from https://moderatecontent.com

In the root directory run both the backend and the front end with the following command

$ npm run dev

The app should launch automatically, enjoy playing around 😄

Installation - Production with Docker

Clone

Clone this repo to your local machine using https://github.com/Sandermoen/instaclone

Setup

Create a free <a href="https://cloudinary.com/">Cloudinary account</a>

Create a <a href='https://github.com/settings/developers'>GitHub OAuth app</a>

Create a .env file in the root directory

Set up required environment variables

MONGO_URI= // mongodb://mongo:27017/instaclone
JWT_SECRET= // random string: j2390jf09kjsalkj4r93
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY= // Cloudinary API key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET= // Cloudinary API secret
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME= // Cloudinary cloud name
SMTP_HOST= // mail.example.com
SMTP_PORT= // 587
EMAIL_USERNAME= // example@example.com
EMAIL_PASSWORD= // Password
HOME_URL= // http://localhost:3000
GITHUB_CLIENT_ID= // Client id for GitHub OAuth app
GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET= // Client secret for GitHub OAuth app
MODERATECONTENT_API_KEY= // Free API key from https://moderatecontent.com

In the root directory start the docker container by using the docker-compose file using the following command

$ docker-compose up

Docker will configure the rest for you, the project should be available on port 9000 unless you specified otherwise 😄

Screenshots

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Support

Reach out to me at one of the following places!

Email at <a href="mailto:smoensander@gmail.com">smoensander@gmail.com</a>