MERN-forum

Full-stack MERN web application. Click here to preview.

Table of contents

• Technologies
• Features
• Setup
• Backend API Endpoints

---

Technologies

• MongoDB
• Express
• React
• Redux
• NodeJS
• Formik
• Bootstrap
• Winston
• Docker

---

Features

• User login
• User registration
• Create new post
• Add comments to post

---

Setup

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/dominikjalowiecki/MERN-forum.git

Change directory

cd ./MERN-forum

Setup .env file

DB_URI=<mongodb-uri>
PORT=5000
COOKIE_SECRET=secret_phrase
FRONTEND_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
NODE_ENV=development

Install dependencies

npm ci
cd ./client
npm ci

Run development servers

cd ..
npm run dev

OR

Run docker-compose "production" environment

docker compose up -d

Application available on http://localhost for frontend and http://localhost:5000 for backend.

---

REST API Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Request body	Authentication
/api/users/login	POST	email password	-
/api/users/logout	POST	-	-
/api/users/register	POST	username email password confirmPassword	-
/api/users/me	GET	-	+
/api/posts	GET	-	-
/api/posts	POST	title content	+
/api/posts/:id	GET	-	-
/api/posts/:id/comments	POST	content	+