mern-plaid

Full-stack banking web app built with Plaid's API and the MERN stack.

This project uses the following technologies:

React and React Router for the frontend
Express and Node for the backend
MongoDB for the database
Redux for global state management
Plaid for bank account linkage and transaction data

Medium Post

Build a Full Stack Banking Web App with Plaid & the MERN Stack

Configuration

Mongo

Make sure to add your own MONGOURI from your mLab database in config/keys.js.

module.exports = {
  mongoURI: "YOUR_MONGO_URI_HERE",
  secretOrKey: "secret"
};

Plaid

Also, add your own Plaid API keys (PLAID_CLIENT_ID, PLAID_SECRET, and PLAID_PUBLIC_KEY) in

routes/api/plaid.js

const PLAID_CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
const PLAID_SECRET = "YOUR_SECRET";
const PLAID_PUBLIC_KEY = "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY";

client/src/components/dashboard/Dashboard.js and client/src/components/dashboard/Accounts.js

<PlaidLinkButton
                buttonProps={{
                  className:
                    "btn btn-large waves-effect waves-light hoverable blue accent-3 main-btn"
                }}
                plaidLinkProps={{
                  clientName: "YOUR_APP_NAME",
                  key: "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY",
                  env: "sandbox",
                  product: ["transactions"],
                  onSuccess: this.handleOnSuccess
                }}
                onScriptLoad={() => this.setState({ loaded: true })}
              >
                Link Account
              </PlaidLinkButton>

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