This project is a web application that allows users to register, authenticate, create, read, update, and delete questions and answers. It includes a server-side API built with Node.js and Express.js, and uses JSON files as databases for storing user data, question data, and answer data.
To run this project, you will need to have Node.js installed on your machine. You can download it from the official website: https://nodejs.org/
To install the project dependencies, run the following command in your terminal:
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npm install
To start the server, run the following command:
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npm start
The server will start listening on port 3000 by default.
This project uses the following dependencies:
- Express.js: A web application framework for Node.js.
- Body-parser: A middleware for parsing incoming request bodies.
- Cookie-parser: A middleware for handling cookies.
- Jsonwebtoken: A library for generating and verifying access and refresh tokens.
The project has the following structure:
app.js: The main entry point of the application.routes/: Contains the route definitions for the application.models/: Contains the database models and data loading functions.public/: Contains the static files served by the application.views/: Contains the HTML templates used by the application.
The application defines the following routes:
/signup: Handles user registration./login: Handles user authentication./questions: Handles CRUD operations on questions./answers: Handles CRUD operations on answers.
The application uses the following middleware:
bodyParser: Parses incoming request bodies.cookieParser: Handles cookies.static: Serves static files.auth: Checks whether a user is authorized to access a certain resource.
The application uses the following helper functions:
bcrypt.hash: A function for password encryption.jsonwebtoken: A library for generating and verifying access and refresh tokens.
The application uses an error handling middleware to handle errors.