ujjawalsol / continue-with-google

A MERN project, continue with google functionality

Continue-With-Google

This project is a MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) application featuring "Continue with Google" functionality.

Getting Started

To set up the project locally, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

Make sure you have Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager) installed on your system.

Setting Up Server

1. Open your terminal and navigate to the server directory of the project using the cd command.

   cd server

2. Create a dotenv file named .env inside the server directory. This file will contain sensitive information.

   touch .env

3. Inside the .env file, add the following fields:

   GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID="your_google_client_id"
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET="your_google_client_secret"
   MONGODB_URI="your_mongodb_uri"
   SESSION_SECRET="your_session_secret"

Installing Dependencies

1. While in the server directory, install all dependencies using npm.

   npm install

Setting Up Client

1. Open a new terminal window/tab.

2. Navigate to the client directory of the project.

   cd client

Installing Dependencies

1. While in the client directory, install all dependencies using npm.

   npm install

Running the Application

1. Start the server by running the following command in the server directory.

   npm install

2. Open another terminal window/tab.
3. Navigate to the client directory.

cd client

4. Start the client application.

npm start

Usage

Once the server is up and running, you can use the "Continue with Google" feature in your application.