📝 Notes App with Auth & Admin Panel

A full-stack Notes Application with secure authentication, role-based authorization (Admin/User), and complete CRUD operations, built using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and EJS.

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🚀 Features

👤 User Features

• Register & Login using JWT Authentication
• Create, Edit, Delete Posts
• Like / Unlike Posts
• Upload Profile Picture

👑 Admin Features

• View all user posts
• Delete any post
• Role-based access control

📄 Additional Features

• Input Validation using express-validator
• Secure cookies (JWT stored in cookies)
• API Documentation using Swagger UI

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Frontend: EJS, CSS
• Authentication: JWT + Cookies
• File Upload: Multer
• API Docs: Swagger

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📁 Project Structure

UserPostApp/
│── models/
│── config/
│── views/
│── public/
│── screenshots/
│── app.js
│── package.json
│── .gitignore

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🔐 Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

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▶️ Run Locally

npm install
node app.js

Open in browser:

http://localhost:3000

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📄 API Documentation

Swagger UI available at:

http://localhost:3000/api-docs

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📸 Screenshots

🏠 Home Page

🔐 Login Page

👤 Profile Dashboard

👑 Admin Dashboard

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🚀 Future Improvements

• Pagination & search functionality
• RESTful API improvements
• Deployment (Render / Railway)
• UI enhancements (modern design, dark mode)

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👩‍💻 Author

Sunidhi Srivastava

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