VectortheGreat / Question-Answer-Rest-Api

This is a backend application developed using Express JS and MongoDB. It includes functionality for managing Questions, Answers, and Users.

Question-Answer REST API Application

Description

This is a backend application developed using Express JS and MongoDB. It includes functionality for managing Questions, Answers, and Users.

Required Libraries

To run this application, you need to install the following libraries:

• npm i express: ExpressJS (required)
• npm i express-async-handler: Required for handling asynchronous operations in Express
• npm i bcryptjs: Required for password hashing
• npm i jsonwebtoken: Required for user authentication and access control
• npm i multer: Required for uploading avatars
• npm i nodemailer: Required for sending password reset emails to users
• npm i slugify: Required for generating slugs for each question
• npm i -D nodemon: Not necessary, but recommended for automatically refreshing the server on file changes during development
• npm i dotenv: Required for loading environment variables, including MongoDB login credentials and other configurations

Getting Started

1. Install the above-mentioned libraries using the npm command.

2. Log in to MongoDB and create a project. Enter your project details in config/env/config.env.

3. I recommend using Postman to develop and test this project.

4. To start the project, run the command npm run start in the terminal.

5. You can quickly create dummy files for testing purposes. If you want to import dummy files, run npm run import. If you want to delete all data, run npm run delete in the terminal.