Simple Express Server

This is a basic Express server that provides an API for managing contacts.

Features

• Simple API for adding, deleting, and retrieving contacts
• Uses dotenv to load environment variables from a .env file
• Supports CORS for cross-origin requests

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v12 or higher)
• npm (v6 or higher)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

(https://github.com/Herobiam/contactserver.git) cd contactserver

2. **Install dependencies**:

```bash
npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory:

   ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000
   

4. Run the server:

   npm start

   By default, the server will run on the port specified in the .env file (e.g., http://localhost:3000).

API Endpoints

1. GET /contacts

Retrieves the list of contacts for the user identified by the Authorization header.

Example request:

curl -H "Authorization: your-token" http://localhost:3000/contacts

2. POST /contacts

Adds a new contact for the user.

Request body (JSON):

{
   name: 'First National Bank',
   surname: 'Bank',
   email: 'contact@fnb.com',
 },

Example request:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: your-token"    -d '{"name": "John Doe", "surname": "mkafa", "email": "makafa@d.com"}'    http://localhost:3000/contacts

3. DELETE /contacts/:id

Deletes a contact by its id.

Example request:

curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: your-token"    http://localhost:3000/contacts/contact-id

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.