Ms. IMDB

Created by: Tiril Key Grimsrud, Alberto Pacheco and Mindaugas Jukna

A movie database web application based on IMDB and TMDB where you can browse and search for movies, add them to your watchlist, favorite them or leave reviews.

Installation

The Movie DB API

Sign up with the Movie DB API and get approved for an API key
Navigate to the /client/config/ folder and create a file "keys.js" by copying the "keys_template.js" file, and adding your API key

Server

Log into your local MySQL Database
Create a database
Navigate to the /server/config/ folder, and create a file "db_config.js" by copying the "db_config_template.js" contents, and replacing the database name, username and password with your own credentials
Open an IDE, navigate to the folder /server/ and run the following command

npm i

After all the packages are installed, while still in the /server/ directory, run the following commands in this order

knex migrate:rollback

knex migrate:latest

knex seed:run

When all the migrations and seed is completed, you can start the server by running the following command.

nodemon server.js

Once completed you should see the message "Server is running on port 9090" in the terminal.

Nodemailer

To make nodemailer work, navigate to the /server/config/ folder, and create a file "mailer_config.js" by copying the "mailer_config_template.js" file and replace the credentials with your own gmail credentials. Use a gmail for testing purposes only, and make sure the security setting "allow less secure apps" is turned on in your gmail settings.

Client

In your IDE, navigate to /client/ folder and run the following commands in this order

npm i

npm start

The project is now up and running!