MovieTake

A simple movie rating website made using the MERN stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS)

How it works

To run this project, you will need a .env file with 2 mandatory keys. One being the OMDB_KEY (API key to access the OMDB database) and the other being MONGODB_SECRET_URL (The URL to connect to the cluster).

Features

This project contains multiple features like:

• Home Page: Showcasing selected classic movies.
• Authentication: A Login/Register page that handles all accounts securely.
• Movie Pages: Dedicated pages for every single movie in the database, providing additional information like global rating and release date.
• Rating System: Allowing users to rate movies and contribute to the community's movie ratings.
• User Takes (TODO): A system to publish personal takes on movies to share with other users.

Getting Started

Follow these steps to run the project locally:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/MovieTake.git

2. Download the required npm modules

   cd client
   npm i
   cd ../server
   npm i

3. Add the .env and the mandatory keys
4. To run the project, you can run these commands

   cd client
   npm run dev
   cd ../server
   npm start