StoryBooks

Create public and private stories from your life

This app uses Node.js/Express/MongoDB with Google OAuth for authentication

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Create your environment file:

• During install, postinstall attempts to create .env automatically from .env.example.
• If .env was not created, copy .env.example to .env manually.

3. Add values to .env:

PORT=3000
MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster-url>/<database>?retryWrites=true&w=majority
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_client_id
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_google_client_secret

Use your MongoDB Atlas connection string for MONGO_URI.

Example:

MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://appuser:your_password@cluster0.abcde.mongodb.net/storybooks?retryWrites=true&w=majority

1. In Google Cloud Console, create or select a project.
2. Configure the OAuth consent screen.
3. Create OAuth 2.0 Client ID credentials (Web application).
4. Add an Authorized redirect URI:

http://localhost:3000/auth/google/callback

5. Copy the generated Client ID and Client Secret into .env as GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET.

# Run in development
npm run dev

# Run in production
npm start