📁 DraftShare

Sharing Contracts Made Easy

Welcome to DraftShare

DEMO

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📝 About

DraftShare is a web application designed to make PDF management and collaboration effortless. It allows users to sign up, upload PDFs, share them with others, and collaborate through comments.

🧰 Features

• Upload and view PDFs.
• Collaborate on PDFs by adding comments.
• Share PDFs with workspace users.
• View and comment on shared PDFs.
• Easily search for contracts.
• User authentication and authorization with JWT.
• Unauthorized users can view PDFs via a shared link but need access to view comments.
• Rename files for easier tracking.
• Input validation ensures a smooth experience.
• Beautiful and intuitive UI for collaboration.

🛠️ Tech Stack

This project uses:

Prerequisites

Before installation, ensure you have the following installed or have knowledge of:

🤝 Contributing

Running This Project Locally

Backend Setup:

1. Clone the main branch to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/JasonDsouza212/sharedraft.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd sharedraft

3. Navigate to the backend directory:

   cd server
   

4. Set the .env file with the following values in the backend folder:

   .env
   
   PORT=**4000**
   MONGO_URI=**Your MongoDB URL**
   SECRET=**"BASE64 ENCODED string"**
   REACT_HASH_KEY=**"BASE 64 string"**
   SERVER_BASE_URL="**Your server URL or localhost:4000"**
   

5. Install npm packages:

   npm install
   

6. Run the backend locally:

   npm start
   

Frontend Setup:

7. Navigate to the frontend directory:

   cd client
   

8. Set the .env file with the following values:

   .env
   
   VITE_REACT_HASH_KEY= Your BASE64 HASH (must match the server's HASH)
   VITE_SERVER_BASE_URL= Server base URL or localhost:4000 for development
   

9. Install npm packages:

   npm install
   

10. Run the frontend locally:

    npm run dev
    

11. You can access the application at:

    http://localhost:5173/
    

Note:

1. No 3rd party service is used to upload the PDF file , it has been uploaded directly to mongoDB as chuncks