A full-stack travel platform (Airbnb clone) built to master the MERN stack. It handles real-world complexity like geospatial mapping, image uploads, and server-side validation.
🔴 Live Demo: https://wanderlust-zxrz.onrender.com/listings
- AI-Assisted Listing: Integrated Google Gemini AI so users can auto-generate creative property descriptions with one click.
- Geospatial Mapping: Used Mapbox and GeoJSON to pin properties on an interactive map and search by location.
- Dark Mode Support: Fully responsive UI with a seamless toggle between Light and Dark themes.
- Data Integrity: Implemented Joi for server-side schema validation to ensure only valid data reaches MongoDB.
- Authentication: Secure login/signup system built with Passport.js (PBKDF2 hashing) and persistent sessions.
- Image Management: Listings support image uploads, optimized and stored directly in the cloud via Cloudinary.
- MVC Pattern: Organized the backend into Models, Views, and Controllers to keep the codebase modular and scalable.
- Error Handling: Wrote custom middleware to catch asynchronous errors and display meaningful feedback to users.
- Flash Messages: Added immediate user feedback (success/error alerts) for actions like creating or deleting listings.
- Frontend: EJS, Bootstrap 5, CSS3, JavaScript
- Backend: Node.js, Express.js
- Database: MongoDB (Atlas), Mongoose
- Integrations: Google Gemini 1.5 Flash, Mapbox GL JS, Cloudinary
- Libraries: Joi, Passport.js, Multer, Helmet
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The Home Page:
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The Map View:
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The "Generate with AI" Feature:
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Dark Mode Integration:
Antariksh Kothari
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Clone the repository:
git clone [https://github.com/Antariksh62/WanderLust.git](https://github.com/Antariksh62/WanderLust.git)
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Install dependencies: npm install
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Configure environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following keys: Code snippet CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_name CLOUD_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_key CLOUD_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_secret MAP_TOKEN=your_mapbox_token ATLASDB_URL=your_mongodb_url SECRET=your_session_secret GEMINI_API_KEY=your_google_gemini_key
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Start the application: node app.js