Loan Guarantor Application

A loan guarantor application where a company agent logs in and distribute loans to customers

Technology Used

• Next.js 13
• Next Auth
• Zod for schema validation
• Tailwindcss & Shadcn ui
• Prisma with Postgresql database

Running the Project Locally

• Git clone the repository by running the following commands below at your preffered destination

git clone https://github.com/danielkpodo/loan-guarantor.git

• If you have setup ssh-keys on your github account run

git clone git@github.com:danielkpodo/loan-guarantor.git

• In the root of your application add the following .env environment variables

  DATABASE_URL="postgresql://< your postgres username>:<your postgres password>@localhost:5432/loanApp?schema=public"
  NEXTAUTH_SECRET=<any random base64 string>
  NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
  NODE_ENV=development

• To create a random base64 on a mac run the below command in your terminal
• Put the output as your NEXTAUTH_URL in the .env

  openssl rand -base64 32

• In the root of your application run the below command to install project dependencies

  npm install or yarn install

• Next, run the below command in your project terminal to migrate the prisma models in prisma/schema.prisma to populate your database

  npx prisma migrate dev --name init

• Now run the project by running

 npm run dev

• To build the project and enjoy lightning fast speed run the command below

    npm run build

• Next run npm run start after the build is successful and complete

• Your project should now start on a given port. You should see this in your terminal

Creating a Test User to Login

• Install the extension REST client in vscode or use postman to create a test user as shown below
• Use the created password to login into the application portal

POST http://localhost:3000/api/users/register
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "email": "someone@example.com",
  "password": "randompasscode"
}