Social Network GraphQL API

GraphQL API for a Social Network App, built with NodeJS, mongoDB and AWS S3. Frontend built with React. Uses JWT for authentication.

Hosted Example

GraphQL API: https://social-network-graphql-nodejs.herokuapp.com/graphql

Full App: http://socialnetworkgraphql-nodejs.s3-website.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com

Frontend

The code for the React frontend App is in the frontend folder. Follow the README in that folder to run.

Setup

AWS S3

• Create an S3 bucket that allows public files
• Add your AWS credentials, and bucket settings to the .env file, as described below

NOTE: The AWS SDK will automatically get your credentials from the environment variables, so it is unnecessary to configure them in the application.

Add the following bucket policy, so that the images are publicly accessible:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "PublicRead",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": "*",
            "Action": [
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:GetObjectVersion"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_AWS_BUCKET_NAME/*"
        }
    ]
}

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the main directory with the following environment variables:

MONGODB_CONNECTION=your_mongo_connection_string
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_aws_access_key
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret_access_key
AWS_REGION=your_s3_bucket_region
AWS_BUCKET_NAME=your_s3_bucket_name
JWT_SECRET_KEY=some_secret_key_for_signing_jwt

Install

npm install

Run

npm start