MongoDB Gallery - Image Upload and Profile Management

Overview

Application with authentication logic built using Node.js and MongoDB database which allows upon authentication to access a profile page and upload an image file to be displayed on home page.

🔥 Features

• Secure user authentication and session management
• Image uploads with previews

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js– Backend runtime
• Express.js– Web framework for Node.js
• EJS– Templating engine for rendering dynamic content
• MongoDB– NoSQL database for storing data
• Nodemon – Automatically restarts the server on file changes
• Bcryptjs – Password hashing
• Multer– Middleware for handling file uploads
• Express-Session– Session management
• UUID – Unique identifier generation
• Dotenv – Environment variable management

🚀 Getting Started

Installation

Clone the repository and install the dependencies:

$ git clone https://github.com/dnmore/mongodb-gallery.git
$ npm install

Database Setup

Create a MongoDB database named gallery:

use gallery

Environment Variables

Set up environment variables for the session secret in a .env file.

Running the Application

To start the server, run:

$ npm start

The application will be running at http://localhost:3000/.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.