Beatify Backend

A full-featured Node.js backend project, a part of and end-to-end app.

🚀 Features

• Authentication & Authorization

  • JWT-based authentication
  • User signup/login/logout
  • Role-based access control

• RESTful API Architecture

  • Clean route organization
  • Controller-Service pattern
  • CRUD operations

• Database Integration

  • MongoDB connection
  • Advanced filtering
  • ObjectId handling
  • Array operations in documents

• Production Ready

  • Environment configuration
  • Comprehensive logging
  • Error handling
  • Middleware pipeline

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js & Express
• MongoDB
• JWT Authentication
• BCrypt password hashing
• Cookie-based sessions

📦 Installation

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server
npm run server:dev

🗄️ Project Structure

mister-backend/
├── api/                # API routes and controllers
├── config/            # Configuration files
├── middlewares/       # Custom middleware functions
├── public/            # Static files and test frontend
├── services/          # Business logic layer
└── logs/             # Application logs

🔑 Key Learning Points

• REST API design principles
• Authentication flows
• Database operations
• Middleware concepts
• Error handling
• Logging implementation
• Configuration management

🧪 Testing

The project includes a vanilla JavaScript frontend for testing the API endpoints. Open http://localhost:3030 in your browser to interact with the API.

📝 License

MIT

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