Movie Backend API

A robust and scalable backend API for a movie management system built with Node.js, Express, and TypeScript. This API provides endpoints for movie management, user authentication, and related operations.

🚀 Features

• User Authentication (JWT-based)
• Movie Management
• Secure Password Hashing
• Input Validation using Zod
• MongoDB Integration
• TypeScript Support
• CORS Enabled
• Environment Variable Configuration

🛠️ Technologies

• Node.js
• Express.js
• TypeScript
• MongoDB
• JWT Authentication
• Zod Validation
• Bcrypt
• Axios

📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• MongoDB
• npm or yarn

🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/movie_backend.git
cd movie_backend

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following variables:

PORT=3000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

🚀 Running the Application

Development Mode

npm run dev

Production Build

npm run build

📁 Project Structure

src/
├── config/         # Configuration files
├── controllers/    # Route controllers
├── middlewares/    # Custom middlewares
├── models/         # Database models
├── routers/        # Route definitions
├── services/       # Business logic
├── utils/          # Utility functions
├── types.d.ts      # TypeScript type definitions
└── server.ts       # Application entry point

🔒 Environment Variables

• PORT: Server port number
• MONGODB_URI: MongoDB connection string
• JWT_SECRET: Secret key for JWT token generation

📝 API Documentation

[Add your API documentation here]

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the ISC License.

👥 Authors

• Asegid Adane

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Express.js team
• MongoDB team
• TypeScript team