turing0/paste-bin

Paste - A simple pastebin clone

This is a simple pastebin clone built with Next.js and MongoDB.

This is an educational project to learn Next.js and MongoDB. It is not intended to be used in production.

How it works

This application leverages Next.js and MongoDB to seamlessly store and retrieve user-submitted code snippets. Snippets are securely stored in a MongoDB database and can be conveniently accessed through a unique URL generated upon submission, with Next.js efficiently managing the MongoDB connection.

Also supports Dark/Light mode.

Running Locally

Cloning the repository the local machine.

git clone https://github.com/turing0/paste-bin.git

Creating a account on MongoDB Atlass to get the connection string.

1. Create a free account on MongoDB Atlass.
2. Create a new cluster.
3. Create a new database user.
4. Get the connection string.

Setting up the environment variables.

Create a file named .env.local in the root directory of the project. Add the following environment variables to the file.

SECRET_KEY= # A random string used for encryption.
BASE_URL= # The URL of the app. ex: https://paste.laphel.com/
MONGODB_URI= # The connection string to your MongoDB instance.

Installing the dependencies.

npm install

Running the application.

Then, run the application in the command line and it will be available at http://localhost:3000.

npm run dev

One-Click Deploy

Deploy the example using Vercel:

License

This repo is MIT licensed.