FilmGeek

This website is a movie database that allows users to browse, review, and add movies similar to IMDB.

• Built using Node.js, Express.js, Pug template engine, and MongoDB.

Setup Instructions:

• run npm install to install the required dependencies
• run node data/database-initializer.js to initialize database
• run node server.js to start the server
• open browser to localhost:3000 to start at the homepage

Breakdown of Project files:

• data folder

  • A models folder that holds the files that define 5 different resources (users, people, movies, reviews, and notification) and the methods that can be used with them
  • A movie data folder that holds the 4 supplied movie data files
  • A data initilization script that populates the database with all the movies and people. It also adds 2 sample users and sample reviews for all movies.

• routers folder

  • 4 resource-specific routers that define the requests/responses for the methods of theses resources

• views folder

  • Contains all files pertaining to the front-end of the site, it includes:
    • pages & partials: Pug templates for every page along with pug reusable code blocks.
    • resources: Images, css styles, and scripts for the pages that are served as static files.

• server.js: The entry point of the application.

Supported URLs:

• / (Home page)
• /login (Login page)
• /register (Registeration page)
• /contribute (Page for adding movies/people (only for contributing users))
• /profile (The profile page for the logged in user)
• /movies (Movie search page)
• /movies/:id (Movie page for movie with supplied id)
• /users/:id (User page for user with supplied id)
• /people/:id (Person page for person with supplied id)

Additional Information:

• Movie data retreived from The Open Movie Database
• Logins for the sample users:
  • username: user1 , password: password
  • username: user2 , password: password