Backend(Node) Libraries Used

• express (node.js web-app framework to develope backend APIs efficiently)
• body-parser (middleware for handling JSON, Raw, Text and URL encoded form data.)
• bcrypt (for password encryption)
• cors (to serve cross origin requests)
• dotenv (to manage environment variables)
• gridfs-stream (for file upload)
• multer (middleware for handling multipart/form-data)
• multer-gridfs-storage (to store file locally before uploading)
• helmet (helps in securing express app by setting up various HTTP headers)
• morgan (for logging)
• jsonwebtoken (for authentication)
• mongoose (for mongodb access)

Frontend(React) Libraries Used

• react-redux (for state management)
• @reduxjs/toolkit (wrapper around redux, makes redux easy to use)
• redux-persist (to store the states in localStorage)
• react-dropzone (to handle file upload on frontend)
• dotenv (to manage environment variables)
• formik (for form handling)
• yup (for validation)
• react-router-dom@6 (for handling different react routes and pages)
• Material-UI libraries: @mui/material, @emotion/react, @emotion/styled, @mui/icons-material

MongoDB Database name

• weShareDB

Register User Raw JSON Data:

{ "firstName": "Yash", "lastName": "Patel", "email": "yashp@gmail.com", "password": "yash123", "picturePath": "", "friends": [], "location": "Ahmedabad", "occupation": "Student" }