BookMyStay

A Node.js/Express Airbnb-style listing app built with EJS templates, MongoDB, user authentication, booking management, and a simple chatbot experience.

Features

• User authentication with Passport.js
• Listing creation, editing, and deletion
• Image upload using Cloudinary
• Category browsing and search
• User reviews and review management
• Interactive chatbot page for user questions
• Map geocoding for listing locations
• Flash messages for success/error feedback

Technologies

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB / Mongoose
• EJS + EJS Mate
• Passport.js + passport-local-mongoose
• Cloudinary + multer-storage-cloudinary
• Joi validation
• connect-flash, express-session, connect-mongo
• Bootstrap 5

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <your-repo-url>
cd airbnb

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Create a .env file at the project root with the following variables:

NODE_ENV=development
SECRET=your_session_secret
DS=mongodb+srv://... or mongodb://localhost:27017/your-db-name
CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_cloud_name
CLOUD_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
CLOUD_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret
MAP_TILER_KEY=your_maptiler_api_key
MAP_API_KEY=your_mapbox_or_maptiler_api_key

4. Start the app:

node app.js

5. Open the app in your browser:

http://localhost:8080

Project Structure

• app.js — main Express application setup
• routes/ — route handlers for listings, reviews, users, and bookings
• controllers/ — controller logic for listings, users, and reviews
• models/ — Mongoose schemas for Listing, Review, Booking, and User
• views/ — EJS templates for pages and layouts
• public/ — static CSS and JavaScript files
• cloudconfig.js — Cloudinary storage configuration
• middleware.js — authentication and request validation helpers

Key Routes

• GET /listings — browse all listings
• GET /listings/new — create a new listing
• POST /listings — save a listing
• GET /listings/:id — view a listing
• GET /listings/:id/edit — edit a listing
• PUT /listings/:id — update a listing
• DELETE /listings/:id — delete a listing
• GET /listings/category/:category — show category listings
• GET /listings/search — search listings
• GET /bookings — view current user bookings
• POST /bookings — create a booking
• GET /chatbot — open chatbot page
• GET /signup — sign up page
• GET /login — login page
• GET /logout — log out

Environment Notes

• The app expects MongoDB connection string in DS.
• Cloudinary is required for image uploads.
• Map geocoding is used when creating listings.
• The app listens on port 8080 by default.