Skill search

This project helps job seekers track in demand skills, it works by calling the REED API and allowing the user to create bespoke combinations of skills from a predefined list of skills. The user can sign in using Google or Facebook and can save these skill combinations. Once a combination is saved a job is run on a periodic basis to identify the number of jobs available for their skill combination and location.

Requirements

You will need to have Node.js installed to run this project, please visit the node site for install instructions: https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Installation

Once you have NPM installed you can run the following shell commands to install this project:

git clone https://github.com/jb-0/skills-tracker.git
cd skill-search
npm install
cd client
npm install

Environment variables

For assigning environment variables in dev I opted to use https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv, however you can use your preferred approach to assigning environment variables.

• DEV_DB_PATH - The path to your development mongo instance, for example mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/skillsearch
• SESSION_SECRET - A secret used for session generation
• TEST_USER - An email address used for authenticating a user while running tests
• TEST_USER_PASSWORD - A password for authenticating the test user
• TEST_USER_2 - A different email address used for authenticating a user while running tests
• TEST_USER_PASSWORD_2 - A password for authenticating the test user
• REED_B64 - REED API key converted to base64 https://www.reed.co.uk/developers/jobseeker
• LOGIN_REDIRECT - In dev this will be http://localhost:3000/profile
• LOGOUT_REDIRECT - In dev this will be http://localhost:3000/

Per the passport.js strategy documentation (http://www.passportjs.org/packages/) you need to acquire a number of secrets from auth providers, specifically:

• GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET
• FACEBOOK_APP_ID
• FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET

Running the application

To run the app you can execute the following commands in the project root directory:

node server.js
cd client
npm start

Using your preferred web browser you can navigate to localhost:3000 to view and use the app.