Authentication system using MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node)

Instructions

cd into parent folder and create a .env with following parameters and fill their values

• PORT=5000
• MONGO_URI=
• JWT_SECRET=stringofyourchoice
• JWT_EXPIRE=10min
• EMAIL_SERVICE=SendinBlue
• EMAIL_USERNAME=
• EMAIL_PASSWORD=
• EMAIL_FROM=

Create free email service account

create account on SendinBlue email service and not down email (EMAIL_USERNAME) and web api key (EMAIL_PASSWORD) and replace in the .env file

Mongo URI format

MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://userid:[email protected]/dbname

To run the project

cd into parent folder and run:

1. npm install (all dependencies will be installed from package.json)
2. npm start
3. open localhost:5000 to verify server running on default root