MERN Stack Blog Website - Backend

A robust RESTful API backend for a blog website built with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB as part of a full MERN stack application.

🚀 Features

• RESTful API - Clean and organized API endpoints
• JWT Authentication - Secure user authentication
• MongoDB Integration - NoSQL database with Mongoose ODM
• File Upload - Image upload functionality with Multer
• Password Hashing - Secure password storage with bcryptjs
• CORS Enabled - Cross-origin resource sharing
• Error Handling - Comprehensive error handling middleware

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
• bcryptjs
• Multer
• CORS
• dotenv

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/asheint/mern-stack-blog-website-backend.git
cd mern-stack-blog-website-backend

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory:

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key
PORT=5000

4. Start the development server:

npm run dev

The server will run on http://localhost:5000

🔗 API Endpoints

Authentication

• POST /api/users/register - Register new user
• POST /api/users/login - User login
• GET /api/users/profile - Get user profile

Posts

• GET /api/posts - Get all posts
• POST /api/posts - Create new post
• GET /api/posts/:id - Get single post
• PUT /api/posts/:id - Update post
• DELETE /api/posts/:id - Delete post

🔗 Frontend Repository

This backend works with the MERN Stack Blog Website Frontend: https://github.com/asheint/mern-stack-blog-website

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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