geoQuizzr

This backend REST API is for a map-based quiz called geoQuizzr and is built with Node.js, Express and a mongoDB database. The database has two collections: Users and Questions.

Base URL

/api/v1/endpoint

Headers

Authorization - Bearer token required for several routes
Content-Type - application/json

User model

const user = {
   _id: "",
   username: "Emma",
   email: "emma@test.com",
   password: "hashedPassword",
   score: 0,
   role: "user" }

Questions model

const questionObj = {
   type: "Feature",
   properties: {
     city: "Stockholm",
     question: "What is the question?",
     answer: ["answer", "anser", "svar" "svaret"], // can take several variations to account for common spelling errors/different languages
     answeredBy: ["user1_id", "user3_id", "user31_id"], },
   geometry: {
     type: "Point",
     coordinates: [longitude, latitude],
     },
  };

User Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Requested information	Auth	Expected Response
POST	/users	username, email, password		`{success: true, message: "User with id __ successfully created}`
POST	/authenticate	email, password		`{_id, username, email, score, role, token}`
PATCH	/myProfile	optional: username, email, password	token	`{message: Updated __ user(s)}`
DELETE	/myProfile	--	token	`{message: User with id __ deleted}`

Question Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Requested information	Auth	Expected Response
POST	/questions	question, answer, city, latitude, longitude	token - admin only	`{success: true, message: "Question with id __ successfully created}`
PATCH	/questions/:id	answer	token	`{ message: "Correct!" }`
GET	/questions	query params lat lon	token	See response below

Response for GET /questions - limited to a radius of 1km and 100 documents

  {"responseArray": [ {
    "_id": "6113de66964540cf1ee3d0c0",
    "type": "Feature",
    "properties": {
       "city": "Vagnhärad",
       "question": "What is the name of the shop?",
       "answered": true },
    "geometry": {
       "type": "Point",
       "coordinates": [ 17.489693, 58.945961 ]
        }
     }]

Run Locally

Clone the project

  git clone https://link-to-project

Go to the project directory

  cd my-project

Install dependencies

  npm install

Add .env file (see below)

Start the server

  npm start

.env - Environmental Variables

Add a .env file with the following variables to run this project:

PORT - Default port 5000
DBUSER - From mongoDB
DBPASSWORD - From mongoDB
JWT_SECRET - choose a word or phrase of your choice

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