frikinomad / SaveMyForm-Backend

Backend for the project SaveMyForm. Backend Less form submission collection for your application

SaveMyForm-Backend

Backend Less form submission collection for your application!

What problem SaveMyForm solves?

For frontend-only applications if the developer wants to collect form submissions from his/her users, he/she requires to create a complete backend application for it.

It Solves the problem by providing the developers a url which they can use for form submissions by sending a POST request to the url.

Tech Stack

• Nodejs (v16.18.0)
• ExpressJS
• MongoDB
• Google OAuth 2.0
• reCAPTCHA v3

Dependencies

You need npm/yarn installed in your local machine in order to run this app.

Installation

  npm install 
  npm start

How To Setup

• Make sure your machine is having internet connection.
• Fork the repository.
• Open shell (which ever your OS support) on your PC.
• Change drive to the location where you want your project to be copied.
• Clone it to your local setup by using command git clone <repo link>.
• Once cloned, Run the following command in the root directory of the project npm install.
• Make sure you have required enviornment variables saved in the .env file in the root of the project.
• After the process is completed, run the command npm start.
• The website will be live on localhost:8080.

Reference Links

• Download and install the latest version of Git.
• Set your username in Git.
• Set your commit email address in Git.
• Setup Nodejs
• Docs for passport-local
• Docs for passport-google-oauth20
• Docs for passport-jwt
• Docs for reCaptcha verification

Project Structure

/
|-- config/			
    |-- db.config.js           #Contains configuration for mongoDB NoSQL Database
|    
|-- controllers/
    |-- auth.controller.js     #Contains http request controllers for user authentication
    |-- user.controller.js     #Contains http request controllers for user methods
    |-- project.controller.js  #Contains http request controllers for project methods
    |-- form.controller.js     #Contains http request controllers for form methods
    |-- main.controller.js     #Contains http request controllers for main form submission
|
|-- middlewares/               #Contains all required middlewares
    |-- auth.middleware.js     #Contains User Authentication middleware
    |-- file.middleware.js     #Contains File upload handling middlware
|
|-- models/
    |-- user.model.js
    |-- project.model.js
    |-- form.model.js
    |-- formSubmissions.model.js
|
|-- routes/                   #Contains all routes
|-- utils/
    |-- constants.js          #Contains all constants for the project
    |-- mailer.js             #Contains email sending utility
    |-- password.js           #Contains password hashing and verification utility
    |-- responseCodes.js      #Contains predefined responses for status codes
|
|-- app.js

Models

User Model

• name: String
• email : String
• passwordHash: String
• verified : Boolean
• projects : Array

Project Model

• name: String
• id: String
• owner: User
• collaborators : Array
• forms: Array
• allowedOrigins: Array
• reCaptchaKey: String
• reCaptchaSecret: String

Form Model

• name: String
• id: String
• project : Project
• schema: Object
• hasFileField : Boolean
• submissions: Array
• hasRecaptchaVerification: Boolean

Form Submission Model

• id : String
• form : Form
• data : Object
• file : File

Enviornment Variables

• MONGO_DB_CONN_STRING : required
• SECRET : (random string) required
• GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID : optional
• GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET : optional
• GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY : optional
• GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY : optional
• MAIL_ADDRESS : optional
• MAIL_PASSWORD : optional
• PORT : optional
• ENV : 'dev' or 'prod'

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Communication

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