LivePoll - Live Polling Platform

LivePoll is an interactive web application designed to simplify the process of creating, participating in, and managing polls. It combines user-friendly features with real-time updates to deliver a seamless polling experience📊.

Features

• User can signup and login using his credentials, used cookie based authentication with jwt.
• User can browse all the Polls created by other users in a pagination format and click on view to view the poll.
• In poll view page user can vote on the poll and see the result of the poll live with chart using sockt.io.
• User can bookmark the poll and see the bookmarked poll in bookmark page.
• In user dashboard user can see the their details and manage their poll.
• By clicking on the create poll button user can create a new poll and add options to the poll.
• Used react-toastify for showing the error and success message.
• Used chart.js and scocket.io-client for showing the poll result live in chart in poll view page.
• Used daisyui and tailwind for styling the UI of the application for responsive design.

Links

• Live Website
• Backend Routes Doc

Preview Images

Home Page

Polls Page

Login Page

Signup Page

Poll Votting Page

Dashboard Page

Create Poll Page

Bookmarks Page

Tech Stack

Frontend

Framework & Routing: ReactJS, React Router
State Management: Zustand, React Query
Real-Time & Charts: Socket.io-client, react-chartjs-2
Styling: TailwindCSS, DaisyUI
Notifications & Icons: React-Toastify, React Icons

Backend

Framework & Authentication: Node.js, Express.js, JWT, bcrypt
Validation & Documentation: Zod, Swagger-jsdoc
Real-Time Communication: Socket.io
Database & ORM: Mongoose

Others

API Communication: Axios

Installation and Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js and npm/yarn installed.
• MongoDB database set up locally or on a cloud provider.

Steps

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/ManikMaity/LivePoll.git
   cd LivePoll
   

2. Backend Setup

   • Navigate to the backend directory:

     cd backend
     

   • Install dependencies:

     npm install
     

   • Create a .env file and add the following: env PORT=3000 DB_CONNECTION="your mongodb url" SALT_ROUNDS=6 JWT_PRIVATE="your jwt private key" CLIENT_URL="your client url"
   • Start the server:

     npm run dev
     

3. Frontend Setup

   • Navigate to the frontend directory:

     cd frontend
     

   • Install dependencies:

     npm install
     

   • Update .env file with the backend URL (e.g., http://localhost:3000).
   • Start the development server:

     npm start
     

4. Access the Application

   • Open a browser and go to http://localhost:5173.

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To Switch Between Local and Deployed Environments

• Update backend .env with:

  BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:3000
  

• Update frontend Axios base URL to:

  axios.defaults.baseURL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1";
  

• Update the Socket.io URL in the voting page:

  const socket = io("http://localhost:3000");
  

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Usage

• Navigate to the frontend directory and run npm run dev to start the development server.
• Navigate to the backend directory and run npm run dev to start the server.
• Open a browser and go to http://localhost:5173 to access the application.

Future Improvements

• Add a search feature to the poll page.
• Add like feature to the poll.
• sorting polls using created date and popularity.
• Updated user.
• User avatar.
• Multiple question poll.