DevConnect

DevConnect is a Node.js-based backend API application designed for user authentication, request handling, profile management, and user data operations. Built using Express, MongoDB, and modern middleware like cookie-parser and cors.

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🚀 Features

• User Authentication (Login, Register, etc.)
• Request Submission & Handling
• User Profile Management
• Token-based Auth with Cookies
• CORS Configured for Frontend (e.g. React)

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js with Express
• MongoDB with Mongoose
• cookie-parser
• dotenv
• cors

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🔧 Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v14+ recommended)
• MongoDB

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📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/DevConnect.git
cd DevConnect

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Setup environment variables

Create a .env file in the root directory and add:

MONGO_URI=your_mongo_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

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🧪 Running the Server

node app.js

Server runs on: http://localhost:7777

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📌 API Endpoints (with curl examples)

🔐 Authentication

Signup

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/signup' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
  "firstName": "YourFirstName",
  "lastName": "YourLastName",
  "emailId": "your@example.com",
  "password": "yourpassword",
  "age": "30",
  "gender": "yourgender",
  "about": "short bio"
}'

Login

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/login' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
  "emailId": "your@example.com",
  "password": "yourpassword"
}'

Logout

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/logout' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Cookie: token=<your_token>' \
--data-raw '{}'

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📩 Requests

Send Interest Request

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/request/send/interested/<targetUserId>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Cookie: token=<your_token>' \
--data-raw '{}'

Review Request (Accept/Reject)

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/request/review/rejected/<requestId>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Cookie: token=<your_token>' \
--data-raw '{}'

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👥 User

View Received Requests

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/user/requests/received' \
--header 'Cookie: token=<your_token>' \
--data ''

View Connections

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/user/connections' \
--header 'Cookie: token=<your_token>' \
--data ''

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📰 Feed

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/feed' \
--header 'Cookie: token=<your_token>'

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👤 Profile

View Profile

curl --location 'http://localhost:7777/profile/view' \
--header 'Cookie: token=<your_token>'

Edit Profile

curl --location --request PATCH 'http://localhost:7777/profile/edit' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Cookie: token=<your_token>' \
--data '{
  "firstName": "NewName"
}'

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✅ Notes

• Replace <your_token> with a valid JWT token after login.
• Replace placeholders like <targetUserId> and <requestId> with actual IDs from your database.
• Use tools like Postman or the provided curl for testing.

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🌐 CORS Configuration

This app is preconfigured to accept frontend requests from:

http://localhost:5173

To change this, update the cors() settings in app.js.

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🧹 Linting & Code Standards

You can optionally set up ESLint + Prettier for maintaining code style.

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🛡️ Security Tips

• Never push .env to version control
• Use HTTPS in production
• Set secure cookie flags in production

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