movie-api-aws

Description:

This repository is a subversion of the original API rewritten for AWS Lambda and deployed as a Docker image.

Technologies:

• The Movie API is built using Node.js and Express.
• Data is stored in a MongoDB database and Mongoose is used for data modeling.
• Passport is used for authentication and authorization.
• The API is currently deployed on AWS Lambda.
• DockerDocker is used for containerization of the application.

Key Features:

• RESTful API architecture
• MongoDB database with Mongoose data modeling
• User authentication and authorization with Passport
• Basic HTTP authentication for first login, followed by JWT-based authentication for subsequent API calls
• Password hashing for user security
• Express library for endpoint routing
• OpenAPI documentation for easy testing and integration

Getting Started:

To use the Movie API, you will need to first clone the repository, create a Docker Image and deploy it to AWS Lambda repository. After that, you can create a function from image, set environmental variables with AWS console and aquire function URL to work as an API endpoint for fronend applications.

• API endpoint documentation

Dependencies:

The Movie API uses several dependencies, including Express, Mongoose, Passport and more. See the package.json file for a full list of dependencies.

Use Cases:

Currently API is used for the frontend of my myFlix React and myFlix Angular projects.