NestJS Authentication Application with JWT

This is a NestJS application that provides a basic authentication system. The application exposes a few endpoints for user registration, login, users and posts.

The application uses PostgreSQL for user data persistence. JWT is used for authentication and token generation.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• You have installed the latest version of Docker and Docker Compose.

Running the Application

Docker

To run the application, follow these steps:

Build and run the Docker containers: docker-compose up --build -d the api runs on http://localhost:3000/

API Endpoints

The application exposes the following endpoints:

• POST /auth/register: Register a new user.
• POST /auth/login: Authenticate a user and return access token.
• POST /posts: creates user post.
• GET /posts: returns associated user private and public posts.
• GET /posts/:id: returns a single post.
• PATCH /posts/:id: updates a user post.
• DELETE /posts/:id: removes a user post.
• GET /users: returns registered users.
• GET /users/:id: returns registered user by id.
• PATCH /users/:id: updates user by id.
• DELETE /users/:id: deletes user by id.

Environment Variables

The application uses the following environment variables for configuration:

• POSTGRES_HOST=daily_express_postgres the postgres database docker container.
• POSTGRES_PORT
• POSTGRES_USER
• POSTGRES_PASSWORD
• POSTGRES_DATABASE
• JWT_SECRET
• AWS_S3_REGION
• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• S3_BUCKET

License

This project uses the following license: MIT License.