- A project after learning
express.js, A continuation in my consistent learning of theMERN (Mongo DB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js)Shout out to my instructor - https://github.com/john-smilga
https://job-api-01.onrender.com
User authentication and authorization
User add new jobs they are tracking
User update status of the job
In general user perform CRUD operations on a given job
Pagination is also handled
Effective use of middewares & error handling & express routers
-Node runtime environment 3.8 or later
-Used an online MongoDB database, You can also install MongoDB on your local machine
Clone the github repository. Use this command on the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/fierylion/JOB-API.git
On the project root directory run then Command:
npm install && npm start
Project should be live at:
https://localhost:5000/
Look for the documentation provided
- auth.js
- jobs.js
- Validate - name, email, password - with Mongoose
- Hash Password (with bcryptjs)
- Save User
- Generate Token
- Send Response with Token
- Validate - email, password - in controller
- If email or password is missing, throw BadRequestError
- Find User
- Compare Passwords
- If no user or password does not match, throw UnauthenticatedError
- If correct, generate Token
- Send Response with Token
- Validation Errors
- Duplicate (Email)
- Cast Error
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helmet //sets various http headers to prevent numerous possible attacks
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cors //ensures that our api is accessible from different domains, Otherwise it will be accessible to the same domain (cross origin resource sharing) Mechanism to allow or restrict requested resources from the server depending on where the http request was initiated
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xss-clean //sanitizes the user input in req.body, req.params,req.query thus protect from cross side scripting attacks
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express-rate-limit //limit the amount of request the user can make
-Documentation provided with Swagger UI