VerifyVilify

A social verification platform where users submit claims/statements and others verify or “vilify” them.
This project is built with Node.js, Express, Supabase/Postgres, and React.

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🚀 Features

1. Authentication

• Signup / Login using JWT
• Secure password hashing
• Protected routes

2. Claims System

• Users can create claims
• Claims are tied to the author
• Each claim stores timestamp and metadata

3. Verification System

• Users can verify (agree) or vilify (disagree) claims
• Score per claim = agrees - disagrees
• Users cannot vote on their own claims
• Users can vote only once per claim

4. User Profiles

• Track user's submitted claims
• Track user's votes

5. Rate Limiting & Security

• Limit requests per user/IP to prevent spam
• Input validation and error handling
• CORS and Helmet for basic security

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🧱 Database Design

Tables

users

• id (primary key)
• username (unique)
• password (hashed)

claims

• id (primary key)
• content (text)
• user_id (foreign key → users)
• score (integer)
• created_at (timestamp)

votes

• id (primary key)
• user_id (foreign key → users)
• claim_id (foreign key → claims)
• type (enum: agree / disagree)
• created_at (timestamp)

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⚙️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind/CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express
• Database: Supabase (Postgres)
• Auth: JWT
• ORM: Prisma (optional if using Supabase client)

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🏗️ Project Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Setup Supabase project / environment variables
3. Run backend:

   npm install
   npm run dev