INTRODUCTION

This project is a comprehensive user authentication and management system built using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. It includes features such as user registration, login, logout, password management, token-based authentication, and image upload to Cloudinary.

INSTALLATION

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ricky08sirus/Backend_Project.git

Navigate to the project directory

cd Backend_Project

Install the dependencies

npm install

Set up environment variables by creating a .env file in the root directory:

MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/

DB_NAME=yourdbname

PORT=8000

CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=yourcloudname

CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=yourapikey

CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=yourapisecret

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=youraccesstokensecret

REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=yourrefreshtokensecret

ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRY=1h

REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY=7d

CORS_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000

Start the server

npm start

The server will run on http://localhost:8000.

Features :

User Registration

User Login

User Logout

Password Management

Token-based Authentication (Access and Refresh Tokens)

Image Upload to Cloudinary

User Profile Management

Still in progress .....

Dependencies :

express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js

mongoose

MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment

jsonwebtoken

JSON Web Token implementation for token-based authentication

bcrypt

A library to help you hash passwords

multer

Middleware for handling multipart/form-data

cloudinary

Node.js SDK for uploading images and videos to Cloudinary

cookie-parser

Parse Cookie header and populate req.cookies with an object keyed by the cookie names

Configuration

Ensure the environment variables are correctly set in the .env file. This includes database connection strings, API keys for Cloudinary, and secrets for JWT.

DOCUMENTATION

ROUTES

POST /api/v1/users/register Registers a new user

POST /api/v1/users/login Logs in an existing user

POST /api/v1/users/logout Logs out the current user

POST /api/v1/users/refresh-token Refreshes the access token

POST /api/v1/users/change-password Changes the current user's password

GET /api/v1/users/current Fetches the current user's details

PUT /api/v1/users/update Updates the current user's account details

TROUBLESHOOTING

Ensure MongoDB is running and accessible.

Verify all required environment variables are set.

Check for any errors in the server log for more details.

CONTRIBUTER

Amandeep Yadav