anasklbm/socail_media

Social Media Project

A comprehensive social media platform developed using the MERN stack, offering a range of features for users and administrators.

📌 Table of Contents

• Features
  • User Authentication
  • Post Management
  • User Profiles
  • Administrative Functionalities
  • Real-Time Features
• Technologies Used
  • Backend
  • Frontend
• Usage
  • Clone the repository
  • Install server dependencies
  • Install client dependencies
  • Run the application
  • User Interaction
  • Additional Administrative Functionality
  • Real-Time Features
• Installation
• Contributing
• License

🚀 Features

User Authentication

• 🔐 Login: Users can log in using their email.
• 🚪 Logout: Users can log out.
• 🕵️‍♂️ Password Recovery: Users can recover forgotten passwords.

Post Management

• 📝 Upload Posts: Users can upload posts.
• 👀 View Posts: Users can view posts.
• ❤️ Interact with Posts: Users can like, comment, and share posts.
• 📈 View Counts: Users can see the count of likes and comments.
• 🗑️ Delete Posts: Users can delete their own posts.

User Profiles

• 👤 View/Edit Profiles: Users can view and edit their profiles.
• 👥 Following/Followers Lists: Users can see their following and followers lists.
• 🔍 Search Users: Users can search for other users.
• 🧑‍💻 View Others' Profiles/Posts: Users can view other users' profiles and posts.
• ➕ Follow/Unfollow: Users can follow and unfollow other users.

Administrative Functionalities

• 🛡️ Login/Logout: Admins can log in and log out.
• 🔍 User Management: Admins can view all users, search for users, and view each user's profile and posts.
• 🗑️ Post Deletion: Admins can delete posts and users.

🚀 Real-Time Features

• Real-time updates for likes and comments using Socket.io

🌐 Additional User Interaction

• Users can share posts with a URL to non-logged-in users.

💻 Technologies Used

Backend

• MongoDB: 📁 NoSQL database for user data, posts, and other information.
• Express.js: 🚀 Backend web application framework for handling HTTP requests and routes.
• Node.js: 🚀 JavaScript runtime environment for server-side development.
• Express-session: 🔐 Middleware for handling user sessions.
• Helmet: 🛡️ Middleware to enhance Express app security by setting various HTTP headers.
• Nodemailer: 📬 Module for sending emails to users, e.g., for password reset functionality.
• Bcrypt: 🔒 Library for hashing and salting passwords to enhance security.
• Socket.io: 🚀 Library for real-time, bidirectional, and event-based communication.

Frontend

• React: ⚛️ JavaScript library for building dynamic and responsive user interfaces.
• React Bootstrap: 🚀 Popular front-end framework for creating a visually appealing UI.
• Axios: 🚀 Promise-based HTTP client for making API requests.
• Fuse.js: 🔍 Fuzzy-search library for efficient and flexible searching.
• React Icons: 🔧 Collection of customizable SVG icons for React applications.

📖 Usage

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/social-media-project.git
cd social-media-project