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- **Reference issues:** If applicable, reference issue numbers
**Examples:**
- ✅ "Add password strength validation to change password form"
- ✅ "Fix case-insensitive guess matching bug"
- ✅ "Update README with new environment variables"
- ❌ "Fixed stuff"
- ❌ "Updates"
- "Add password strength validation to change password form"
- "Fix case-insensitive guess matching bug"
- "Update README with new environment variables"
- "Fixed stuff"
- "Updates"
### Code Review Checklist
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This document contains ideas, suggestions, and potential enhancements to make MirrorMatch better, faster, and more professional.
## 🚀 Performance Optimizations
## Performance Optimizations
### Database & Query Optimization
- [ ] **Add database indexes** - Create indexes on frequently queried fields (`Photo.createdAt`, `User.points`) to speed up queries
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- [ ] **CDN integration** - Add CDN for static assets and uploaded images to reduce server load
- **Why:** Serving files from your server uses bandwidth and slows responses. A CDN serves files from locations closer to users, reducing latency by 50-80% and offloading server load.
## 🎨 UI/UX Enhancements
## UI/UX Enhancements
### User Interface
- [ ] **Dark mode support** - Add dark mode toggle with user preference persistence
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- [ ] **Photo filtering** - Add filters to show: unguessed photos, correct guesses, wrong guesses, and photos by specific users
- **Why:** Users want to focus on specific subsets of photos. Filtering helps users find unguessed photos to play, review their performance, or follow specific uploaders, significantly improving usability.
## 🔒 Security Improvements
## Security Improvements
- [ ] **CSRF protection** - Implement CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations
- **Why:** CSRF attacks can trick users into performing unwanted actions. CSRF protection is a security best practice that prevents unauthorized state changes and protects user accounts.
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- [ ] **Audit logging** - Log all admin actions for security auditing and compliance
- **Why:** Admin actions can have significant impact. Audit logs provide accountability, help detect unauthorized access, and are essential for security compliance and incident investigation.
## 📊 Features & Functionality
## Features & Functionality
### Game Mechanics
- [ ] **Streak tracking** - Track consecutive correct guesses and display current streak
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- [ ] **Photo approval workflow** - Add optional admin approval workflow (can be toggled on/off)
- **Why:** Content moderation ensures quality and safety. An approval workflow lets admins control what goes public, prevents inappropriate content, and maintains content standards.
## 🧪 Testing & Quality
## Testing & Quality
- [ ] **Increase test coverage** - Expand test coverage to all critical paths and edge cases
- **Why:** Bugs in production are expensive and damage trust. Comprehensive tests catch issues early, reduce regressions, and give confidence when making changes.
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- [ ] **Error logging and monitoring** - Create comprehensive error logging and monitoring system
- **Why:** You can't fix what you can't see. Error monitoring catches production bugs, provides context for debugging, and helps prioritize fixes based on impact.
## 🔧 Technical Improvements
## Technical Improvements
### Architecture
- [ ] **Microservices migration** - Consider migrating to microservices if scale requires it
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# MirrorMatch
A photo guessing game where users upload photos and other users guess who is in the picture to earn points. Built with Next.js, PostgreSQL, and NextAuth.
Photo guessing game: upload a photo, others guess who is in it, points on
the leaderboard. Next.js, PostgreSQL, Prisma, NextAuth.
## 📚 Important: Read Documentation First
Status: active. MIT. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
**Before making code changes, please read:**
- **`.cursor/rules/mirrormatch.mdc`** - Project rules and guidelines
- **`ARCHITECTURE.md`** - System design and data flows
- **`CONTRIBUTING.md`** - Coding conventions and workflow
- **`SECURITY.md`** - Security practices
- **This README** - Setup and usage
## Setup
**Keep documentation updated:** When you modify code that changes behavior or architecture, update the relevant documentation files to keep them in sync.
## Features
- **User Management**: Admin can create users with email/password authentication
- **Photo Upload**: Users can upload photos with answer names
- **Guessing Game**: Users guess who is in photos to earn points
- **Email Notifications**: Users receive emails when new photos are uploaded
- **Leaderboard**: Track user points and rankings
- **Profile Management**: Users can view their points and change passwords
## Tech Stack
- **Framework**: Next.js 16 (App Router)
- **Language**: TypeScript
- **Database**: PostgreSQL
- **ORM**: Prisma
- **Authentication**: NextAuth.js (Credentials Provider)
- **Styling**: Tailwind CSS
- **Email**: Nodemailer (Ethereal in dev, SMTP in production)
## Prerequisites
- Node.js 18+ and npm
- PostgreSQL database (local or remote)
- For production: SMTP email server credentials
## Installation
1. **Clone the repository** (if applicable) or navigate to the project directory:
```bash
cd mirrormatch
```
2. **Install dependencies**:
```bash
cd mirrormatch # or mirror_match
npm install
cp .env.example .env # if present; otherwise create .env
```
3. **Set up environment variables**:
Create a `.env` file in the root directory with the following variables:
Required env (placeholders):
```env
# Database
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/mirrormatch?schema=public"
# NextAuth
NEXTAUTH_URL="http://localhost:3000"
NEXTAUTH_SECRET="your-secret-key-here-generate-with-openssl-rand-base64-32"
# Email Configuration (for production)
SMTP_HOST="smtp.example.com"
SMTP_PORT="587"
SMTP_USER="your-email@example.com"
SMTP_PASSWORD="your-email-password"
SMTP_FROM="MirrorMatch <noreply@mirrormatch.com>"
NEXTAUTH_SECRET="$(openssl rand -base64 32)"
# Production email:
# SMTP_HOST= SMTP_PORT= SMTP_USER= SMTP_PASSWORD= SMTP_FROM=
```
**Generate NEXTAUTH_SECRET**:
```bash
openssl rand -base64 32
```
**Note**: In development, emails will use Ethereal (test emails) or console logging. No SMTP config is needed for dev mode.
4. **Set up the database**:
```bash
# Generate Prisma Client
npm run db:generate
# Run migrations
npm run db:migrate
# Or push schema directly (for development)
npm run db:push
npm run db:migrate # or npm run db:push for quick local
npm run db:seed # default admin: admin@mirrormatch.com / admin123 — change it
npm run dev # http://localhost:3000
```
5. **Seed the database** (creates default admin user):
```bash
npm run db:seed
```
Dev mail can use Ethereal or console; SMTP is for production.
This creates an admin user with:
- Email: `admin@mirrormatch.com`
- Password: `admin123`
- **⚠️ Important**: Change this password after first login!
## What it does
## Basic Usage
- Admin creates users (email/password)
- Users upload photos with an answer name
- Others guess for points; leaderboard ranks scores
- Optional email when new photos land
- Profile: view points, change password
### Workflow Overview
## Docs
1. **Admin creates users:**
- Admin logs in and navigates to `/admin`
- Creates new users with email, password, and role
- Users receive temporary passwords
| Doc | Purpose |
|-----|---------|
| [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md) | Design |
| [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) | Conventions |
| [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) | Security practices |
| [TESTING.md](TESTING.md) | Tests |
| `.cursor/rules/mirrormatch.mdc` | Agent rules |
2. **Users log in:**
- Users navigate to `/login`
- Enter email and password
- Access the main application
3. **Users upload photos:**
- Navigate to `/upload`
- Enter photo URL and answer name (the correct name to guess)
- Photo is saved and emails are sent to all other users
4. **Users guess photos:**
- View photos on `/photos` page
- Click a photo to view details
- Submit guesses for who is in the photo
- Earn points for correct guesses (case-insensitive matching)
5. **Leaderboard:**
- View rankings on `/leaderboard` page
- See all users sorted by points
- Track your own position
### Key Features
- **Admin Panel:** Create and manage users, reset passwords
- **Photo Upload:** Upload photos with answer names
- **Guessing System:** Submit guesses and earn points
- **Email Notifications:** Get notified when new photos are uploaded
- **Leaderboard:** Track user rankings by points
- **Profile Management:** View points and change password
## Running the Application
### Development
## Production
```bash
npm run dev
NODE_ENV=production npm run build && npm start
```
Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) in your browser.
### Production
```bash
npm run build
npm start
```
### Deployment Notes
**Important Configuration:**
- Ensure `NODE_ENV=production` is set in production
- Set `NEXTAUTH_URL` to your production domain (e.g., `https://yourdomain.com`)
- Set `AUTH_TRUST_HOST=true` if using reverse proxy
- Ensure `DATABASE_URL` points to your production database
- Files are stored in `public/uploads/` directory - ensure this directory persists across deployments
**File Uploads:**
- Photos are uploaded to `public/uploads/` directory
- Files are served via `/api/uploads/[filename]` API route
- Ensure the uploads directory has proper write permissions
**Upload Endpoints:**
- `POST /api/photos/upload` - Single photo upload (supports both file and URL uploads)
- `POST /api/photos/upload-multiple` - Multiple photo uploads in batch (used by upload page)
- Files are stored on the filesystem (not in database)
**Monitoring Activity:**
- User activity is logged to console/systemd logs
- Watch logs in real-time: `sudo journalctl -u app-backend -f | grep -E "\[ACTIVITY\]|\[PHOTO_UPLOAD\]|\[GUESS_SUBMIT\]"`
- Activity logs include: page visits, photo uploads, guess submissions
- **Note:** For local development, use `./watch-activity.sh` script (if systemd/journalctl is not available, check application logs directly)
## Database Commands
- `npm run db:generate` - Generate Prisma Client
- `npm run db:migrate` - Run database migrations
- `npm run db:push` - Push schema changes to database (dev only)
- `npm run db:studio` - Open Prisma Studio (database GUI)
- `npm run db:seed` - Seed database with initial admin user
### Querying the Database
**Get all photo answers:**
```bash
psql "postgresql://user:password@host:5432/database" -c "SELECT \"answerName\" FROM \"Photo\" ORDER BY \"createdAt\" DESC;"
```
**Get answers with uploader info:**
```bash
psql "postgresql://user:password@host:5432/database" -c "SELECT p.\"answerName\", p.url, u.name as uploader, p.\"createdAt\" FROM \"Photo\" p JOIN \"User\" u ON p.\"uploaderId\" = u.id ORDER BY p.\"createdAt\" DESC;"
```
## Creating the First Admin User
The seed script automatically creates an admin user. If you need to create one manually:
1. Run the seed script: `npm run db:seed`
2. Or use Prisma Studio: `npm run db:studio` and create a user with `role: "ADMIN"`
## Project Structure
```
mirrormatch/
├── app/ # Next.js App Router pages
│ ├── api/ # API routes
│ │ ├── admin/ # Admin API routes
│ │ ├── auth/ # NextAuth routes
│ │ ├── photos/ # Photo-related API routes
│ │ └── profile/ # Profile API routes
│ ├── admin/ # Admin panel page
│ ├── leaderboard/ # Leaderboard page
│ ├── login/ # Login page
│ ├── photos/ # Photos listing and detail pages
│ ├── profile/ # User profile page
│ └── upload/ # Photo upload page
├── components/ # React components
├── lib/ # Utility libraries
│ ├── auth.ts # NextAuth configuration
│ ├── email.ts # Email sending utilities
│ ├── prisma.ts # Prisma client instance
│ └── utils.ts # Helper functions
├── prisma/ # Prisma schema and migrations
│ ├── schema.prisma # Database schema
│ └── seed.ts # Database seed script
└── types/ # TypeScript type definitions
```
## Features Overview
### Authentication
- Email/password login via NextAuth
- Protected routes with middleware
- Role-based access control (ADMIN/USER)
### Admin Panel (`/admin`)
- View all users
- Create new users
- Reset user passwords
- View user points and roles
### Photo Upload (`/upload`)
- Upload photos via file upload or URL
- Files are stored in `public/uploads/` directory
- Files are served via `/api/uploads/[filename]` API route
- Set answer name for guessing
- Automatically sends email notifications to all other users
- Duplicate file detection (SHA256 hash)
### Photo Guessing (`/photos/[id]`)
- View photo and uploader info
- Submit guesses
- Get instant feedback (correct/wrong)
- Earn points for correct guesses
- Case-insensitive matching
### Leaderboard (`/leaderboard`)
- View all users ranked by points
- See your own ranking highlighted
### Profile (`/profile`)
- View your points and account info
- Change password (requires current password)
## Email Configuration
### Development
In development mode, the app uses:
- **Ethereal Email** (if available) - provides test email accounts with preview URLs
- **Console transport** (fallback) - logs emails to console
Check the console for email preview URLs when using Ethereal.
### Production
Set up SMTP credentials in `.env`:
- `SMTP_HOST` - Your SMTP server hostname
- `SMTP_PORT` - SMTP port (usually 587 for TLS, 465 for SSL)
- `SMTP_USER` - SMTP username
- `SMTP_PASSWORD` - SMTP password
- `SMTP_FROM` - From address for emails
## Security Notes
- Passwords are hashed using bcrypt
- NextAuth handles session management
- Middleware protects routes
- Admin routes are restricted to ADMIN role
- SQL injection protection via Prisma
## Troubleshooting
### Database Connection Issues
- Verify `DATABASE_URL` is correct
- Ensure PostgreSQL is running
- Check database exists and user has permissions
### Email Not Sending
- In dev: Check console for Ethereal preview URLs
- In production: Verify SMTP credentials
- Check email service logs
### Authentication Issues
- Verify `NEXTAUTH_SECRET` is set
- Check `NEXTAUTH_URL` matches your app URL
- Set `AUTH_TRUST_HOST=true` if using reverse proxy
- Clear browser cookies if needed
- Check middleware logs: `sudo journalctl -u app-backend | grep "Middleware"`
### Photo Upload Issues
- Verify `public/uploads/` directory exists and has write permissions
- Check file upload logs: `sudo journalctl -u app-backend | grep "UPLOAD"`
- Ensure files are being saved: check `public/uploads/` directory
- Files are served via `/api/uploads/[filename]` - verify API route is accessible
### Build Issues
- If build fails with `DATABASE_URL not set`, this is expected - Prisma initialization is lazy
- Ensure all environment variables are set in production
- Check for TypeScript errors: `npm run type-check`
## Documentation
This project maintains comprehensive documentation:
- **README.md** (this file) - Setup, installation, and basic usage
- **ARCHITECTURE.md** - System architecture, data models, and application flows
- **CONTRIBUTING.md** - Coding conventions and development workflow
- **SECURITY.md** - Security practices and vulnerability reporting
- **.cursor/rules/mirrormatch.mdc** - Project rules for AI tools and developers
**For Developers and AI Tools:**
**⚠️ Important:** Before making code changes, read `.cursor/rules/mirrormatch.mdc`, `ARCHITECTURE.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `SECURITY.md`, and this README. Keep them updated when behavior or architecture changes.
- Always read the relevant documentation before making changes
- Update documentation when behavior or architecture changes
- Keep all documentation files in sync with code changes
- Follow the guidelines in each document
## License
MIT
Set real `NEXTAUTH_SECRET`, SMTP, and rotate the seeded admin password.
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## Known Security Considerations
**Current Implementation:**
- ✅ Passwords hashed with bcrypt
- ✅ Session management via NextAuth
- ✅ Route protection via middleware
- ✅ Role-based access control
- ✅ Input validation on server side
- ✅ SQL injection prevention via Prisma
- Passwords hashed with bcrypt
- Session management via NextAuth
- Route protection via middleware
- Role-based access control
- Input validation on server side
- SQL injection prevention via Prisma
**Future Considerations:**
- Consider rate limiting for API routes
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Before starting, ensure you have:
- ✅ **Node.js 18+** installed (`node --version`)
- ✅ **npm** installed (`npm --version`)
- ✅ **PostgreSQL** installed and running (`psql --version`)
- ✅ **Git** (if cloning the repository)
- **Node.js 18+** installed (`node --version`)
- **npm** installed (`npm --version`)
- **PostgreSQL** installed and running (`psql --version`)
- **Git** (if cloning the repository)
## Step-by-Step Setup
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- **Email:** `admin@mirrormatch.com`
- **Password:** `admin123`
⚠️ **Important:** Change this password after first login!
**Important:** Change this password after first login!
### 6. Start the Development Server
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**Error:** `Migration failed`
**Solutions:**
- Reset database (⚠️ deletes all data):
- Reset database ( deletes all data):
```bash
npm run db:push -- --force-reset
```
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### Reset Database
⚠️ **Warning:** This deletes all data!
**Warning:** This deletes all data!
```bash
npm run db:push -- --force-reset
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---
**Happy Testing! 🎯**
**Happy Testing! **