💰 Auction House – A Real Time Bidding Web App

Auction House is a Full-stack web app built with React, Node.js, Express,MongoDB and Web Sockets.
It allows users to create auction rooms, place live bids,do live chatting, and compete in real-time.
Designed for speed, transparency, and excitement with smooth UX.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 Authentication
  Secure signup/login system with JWT & bcrypt.

• 🏗️ Auction Room Creation
  Users can create auction rooms, set a base price, and start the bidding.

• ⚒️ Real-Time Bidding
  Highest bid updates instantly with socket-powered interactions.

• 📢 Chat System
  Live chat inside auction rooms for seamless communication using sockets.

• 📊 Auction Timer
  Countdown timer with auto-close once the auction ends.

• 📜 Dashboard

  The Dashboard gives users a quick overview of the auction platform where they can see all rooms created and view past auctions, including winning bid details and participants.And also track record of their personal wins

• 🧹 Auto Cleanup
  Once auction ends, chats & bids reset to save database space.

• 🌐 MongoDB Integration
  All auctions, bids, and users are stored in a MongoDB database.

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🚀 Live Demo

Check out the live app here: Live Deployment

🛠️ Installation

git clone https://github.com/AjayChikate/Auction_House.git
cd Auction_House

cd backend
npm install

- create .env file (in backend folder)
MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/
JWT_SECRET=ajay123 (set as per you)
CORS_ORIGIN=http://localhost:5173 (your frontend url)
PORT=5000 (your backend port)

- note in backend(if clone) , in server.js file comment line 19 and 21 completly
  and remove comments from below lines 
const io = new Server(server, { cors: { origin:'*', credentials: true } });
app.use(cors({ origin: '*', credentials: true }));
refer server.js for better

cd ..

cd frontend
npm install

- create .env file (in frontend folder)
VITE_API_BASE=http://localhost:5000 (your backend url)

cd..

cd backend
npm run dev

cd frontend
npm run dev