Ashkanph / deliveryServiceBackend

A nodeJS backend application to serve a REST delivery service. ---This was just a simple experiemental project; It might have many problems---

A nodeJS backend application to serve a REST delivery service. The frontend of this application can be found at this address. The description of the project can be found in this document: HR-FrontendDeveloperTest-201118-1829-362.pdf

Usage

• First install the needed packages:

      npm install

• Now you can run the application (Will listen to this http://localhost:8000/):

      node bin/www

  • If you want to develop the code, you can install nodemon and run it with nodemon to be able to watch the changes:

        npm install nodemon
        nodemon bin/www

Mockup data

The application uses mockup data for shipments and users which are in the folder of mockupData.

• For creating new mockup data, use this code:

      # It is necessary to cd in the directory, to create the mockup data files in the appropriate directory.
      cd  mockupData
      node createMockupShipments.js
      node createMockupUsers.js

To do

• Why not using websocket instead? It is easier and more suitable for this purpose.
  • Or at least use long polling to get the live data
• Create a real authentication (Create login tokens with nonce and iv and save the ip of the user)
• Check the access of user in guaed (Do not let a user with the role of biker see others' parcels)
• Use a database instead of mockup data (SQLite3 is a good choice for the start)