CihanEksiogluBloo / rating-server-public

Backend to Rating App

Backend to Rating App

To get the Node server running locally:

• Clone this repo

• npm install to install all required dependencies

• Create MongoDb Cluster and Get Connection MongoDb URI

• Set environment variables in config.env under ./config/env

  • Set MONGO_URI = <YOUR_MONGO_URI>
  • Set JWT_SECRET_KEY = <YOUR_SECRET_KEY>

• npm run dev to start the local server

Code Overview

Dependencies

• expressjs - The server for handling and routing HTTP requests
• jsonwebtoken - For generating JWTs used by authentication
• mongoose - For modeling and mapping MongoDB data to JavaScript
• bcryptjs - Hashing Password
• dotenv - Zero-Dependency module that loads environment variables
• multer - Node.js middleware for uploading files

Authentication

Requests are authenticated using the Authorization header and value Bearer: {{token}}. with a valid JWT.