Daily Blogs

A full-stack MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) blog platform with authentication, user management, and admin features.

• 📝 Create, edit, and delete blog posts
• 💬 Comment and reply to posts
• ❤️ Like and save blogs
• 👤 User profile management
• 🔖 Bookmark favorite posts

• 🔐 Session-based authentication with cookies
• 🔑 Secure password hashing with bcrypt
• 📧 Email verification & password reset
• 🛡️ Protected routes and API endpoints

• 👥 User management (roles, status)
• 📊 Dashboard with statistics
• 🏷️ Featured blog management
• 🔧 Comment moderation

• Frontend: Deployed on Vercel (https://dailyblogs.me)
• Backend API: Deployed on Azure App Service
• Database: MongoDB Atlas
• CI/CD: Fully automated deployment via GitHub Actions

• Node.js >= 18.0.0
• MongoDB (local or Atlas)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/SohailShabbir867/Daily_Blogs.git
cd Daily_Blogs

# Install backend dependencies
cd backend
npm install

# Install frontend dependencies
cd ../frontend
npm install

Backend (backend/.env):

NODE_ENV=development
PORT=5000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
SESSION_SECRET=your_super_secret_key
CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:5173
SUPER_ADMIN_EMAIL=your_admin_email@example.com

Frontend (frontend/.env):

VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:5000/api

# Terminal 1 - Backend
cd backend
npm run dev

# Terminal 2 - Frontend
cd frontend
npm run dev

• Frontend: http://localhost:5173
• Backend API: http://localhost:5000

• Helmet security headers
• CORS protection (allows custom production domains)
• Rate limiting
• NoSQL injection prevention
• Session security with httpOnly cookies
• Password hashing with bcrypt
• Input validation

npm start      # Production server
npm run dev    # Development with nodemon
npm run seed   # Seed database

npm run dev    # Development server
npm run build  # Production build
npm run lint   # ESLint check

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