Book and Author Management Application📚

This is a sample project for a book and author management application using Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. It implements a basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) API for managing books and authors

Installation

To run this project, you'll need to have Node.js and MongoDB installed on your system. Follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository.
2. Navigate to the project directory in your terminal.
3. Install dependencies by running the command: npm install
4. Start the server with: node server.js

Features

Action	Endpoint	Description
List Books	http://localhost:3000/books	Endpoint to list all books
List Authors	http://localhost:3000/authors	Endpoint to list all authors
Add Book	http://localhost:3000/books	Send a POST request with book details in JSON
Add Author	http://localhost:3000/authors	Send a POST request with author details in JSON
Update Book	http://localhost:3000/books/:id	Send a PUT request with updated book details
Update Author	http://localhost:3000/authors/:id	Send a PUT request with updated author details
Delete Book	http://localhost:3000/books/:id	Send a DELETE request to delete a book
Delete Author	http://localhost:3000/authors/:id	Send a DELETE request to delete an author
Search and Filtering Books	http://localhost:3000/books/search	Send a GET request to search and filter books
Add book to favorite List	http://localhost:3000/books/AddFavoriteList	Send a PUSH to favorit List
Get Favorite	http://localhost:3000//books/AddFavoriteList	Endpoint to list favotire List

Project Structure

This project follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller), which helps in organizing the codebase into separate components. Here's a brief overview of the project's structure:

project-root-directory
├── src
│   ├── app.js
│   ├── config 
│   │   └── dbConfig.js
│   ├── Err
│   │   ├──badRequest.js
│   │   ├──baseErr.js
│   │   ├── notfound.js
│   │   └──validationerr.js
│   ├── controllers
│   │   ├── AuthoresController.js
│   │   └── booksController.js
│   ├── middleware
│   │   ├── errorHandling.js
│   │   ├── Handler404.js
│       └── pagination.js
│   ├── models
│   │   ├── Author.js
│   │   ├── Books.js
│   │   ├──globalValidation.js
│   │    └──index.js
│   └── routes
│       ├── index.js
│       ├── booksRoutes.js
│       └──authorsRoutes.js
├── package.json
├── .eslintrc.json
├── Server.js
└── README.md

JSON Format

This API uses JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) for data exchange. When interacting with the API, ensure that your requests and responses are formatted in JSON. Below are examples of the JSON structures for books and authors:

Book JSON Structure:

[
    {
        "_id": "64fa88ef1c468255e84dce64",
        "title": "To Kill a Mockingbird",
        "author": {
            "_id": "64fa88a81c468255e84dce61",
            "name": "Harper Lee"
        },
        "publisher": "J.B. Lippincott & Co.",
        "pageCount": 281,
    }
]

Testing with Postman

You can use Postman to test the API endpoints. Import the provided Postman collection for easy testing.

.env File Configuration

⚠️ Important: This project requires the setup of a .env file to manage sensitive environment variables, such as the MongoDB database connection string. We recommend users to configure this file with their own data.

Contribution

Feel free to open issues or send pull requests for improvements.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.