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OSX and Linux machines typically have this already installed.\r\n* Node.js - [Download \u0026 Install Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) and the npm package manager. If you encounter any problems, you can also use this [GitHub Gist](https://gist.github.com/isaacs/579814) to install Node.js.\r\n\r\n\r\n## Cloning The GitHub Repository\r\nThe recommended way to get this repo clone is to use git to directly clone the repository:\r\n\r\n```bash\r\n$ git clone https://github.com/nisabmohd/Instagram-mern.git\r\n```\r\n\r\n## Environment variables React setup \r\ncreate .env file in frontend/src\r\n```\r\nREACT_APP_API_URL=http://localhost:8000\r\nREACT_APP_GOOGLE_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URL=http://localhost:8000/auth/google/oauth\r\nREACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID= {google auth client id}\r\n\r\n```\r\n## Environment variables Node setup \r\ncreate .env file in backend\r\n```\r\nPORT = {port number}\r\nMongo_URI= {your mongo uri}\r\nJWT_Secret= {jwt secret}\r\nJWT_Refresh_Secret= {jwt refresh secret}\r\nCLIENT_URL=http://localhost:3000\r\nemail=userzyx01@xyz.com\r\npassword=1skjsnksdsd\r\nclientid={google auth cclientid}\r\nclientsecret={google auth client secret}\r\nredirect_url=http://localhost:8000/auth/google/oauth\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n## Running Your Application\r\n\r\nopen terminal/bash in this repo and enter below commands to start the application\r\n\r\n\u0026#8594; To start the server\r\n```bash\r\n$ cd frontend\r\n$ node server.js\r\n```\r\n\r\n\u0026#8594; To start the client app\r\n```bash\r\n$ cd client\r\n$ npm start\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n* Your client application should run on port 3000 with the *development* environment configuration, so in your browser just go to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)\r\n\r\n* Your server application should run on port 8000, so in your browser just go to [http://localhost:8000](http://localhost:3000)\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"./images/login.png\"\u003e\r\n\u003cimg src=\"./images/home.png\"\u003e\r\n\u003cimg src=\"./images/story.png\"\u003e\r\n\u003cimg src=\"./images/chat.png\"\u003e\r\n\u003cimg src=\"./images/explore.png\"\u003e\r\n\u003cimg src=\"./images/profile.png\"\u003e\r\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnisabmohd%2Finstagram-mern","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fnisabmohd%2Finstagram-mern","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnisabmohd%2Finstagram-mern/lists"}