sinchana91 / Social-Media-Backendd

Social Media Platform

Description

A social media platform where users can connect, share posts, send messages, and more.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Endpoints
• Environment Variables
• Contributing
• License

Features

• User Authentication:

  • Register a new user.
  • Log in a user and receive a JWT token.

• Posts:

  • Get all posts.
  • Create, update, and delete posts.
  • Like and comment on posts.

• Messages:

  • Get all messages between users.
  • Send messages to other users.

• Relationships:

  • Follow and unfollow other users.

• ...

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/social-media-platform.git

Install dependencies:

cd social-media-platform
npm install

Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the project root and add the following variables:

PORT=3000
SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
DATABASE_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/social-media-db

Usage Start the server:

npm start

Access the application: Visit http://localhost:3000 (or the specified port) in your web browser.

Endpoints User Authentication:

POST /api/user/register: Register a new user. POST /api/user/login: Log in a user and receive a JWT token. Posts:

GET /api/posts: Get all posts. POST /api/posts: Create a new post. GET /api/posts/:postId: Get a specific post. PUT /api/posts/:postId: Update a post. DELETE /api/posts/:postId: Delete a post. POST /api/posts/:postId/like: Like a post. POST /api/posts/:postId/comment: Add a comment to a post. Messages:

GET /api/messages/:userId: Get all messages between the authenticated user and the specified user. POST /api/messages/:userId: Send a message to the specified user. Relationships:

POST /api/relationships/:userId/follow: Follow a user. POST /api/relationships/:userId/unfollow: Unfollow a user. ...

Environment Variables PORT: Port number for the server. SECRET_KEY: Secret key for JWT token generation. DATABASE_URI: URI for connecting to the MongoDB database.