Message in a Bottle - Backend

Message in a Bottle is a safe space for people to share thoughts and words with others around the world. Send or receive anonymous messages to other writers. This link will direct you to the frontend repository.

Motivation

Message in a Bottle application was created to provide people a chance to express words to random strangers if not able to do so in person.

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Run bundle install
3. Run rails db:create
4. Run rails db:migrate
5. Run rails db:seed
6. Run rails s
7. Run the frontend - refer to frontend repository
8. Expect a broswer tab to open automatically
9. Create an account and start creating messages in a bottle

Features

Users can:

• Create an account
• Login and signout
• Create, read, update, and delete Journal entries
• Create, read, and delete Messages

Screenshots

Technology Used

• React
• Rails as API
• JavaScript
• PostgreSQL
• Boostrap

Contributions

Authors

• Andy del Valle - GitHub
• John Rusch - GitHub
• Klarissa Smith - GitHub

Special Thanks To

• Faker
• FreeLogoDesign
• Flaticon

Licensing

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

For a copy of the GNU General Public License along write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.