🧠 Express + Zod + Zustand + Faker API

A lightweight mock API built using modern tools like Express.js, Zod, Zustand, and Faker.js — perfect for rapid prototyping, frontend integration, and demos without relying on a real database.

✅ Check server availability or test endpoints using the deployed API:

Live Demo: https://express-zod-zustand-faker.onrender.com

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🚀 Project Overview

This backend simulates a user database and provides three API endpoints:

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/users	Fetch paginated user list (searchable)
GET	/api/users/:id	Fetch a single user by ID
POST	/api/logs	Log user actions (e.g., search, clicks)

The system is designed with:

• Zod: To validate and type-check input parameters
• Zustand (vanilla): To hold in-memory mock data
• Faker.js: To generate 50 randomized mock users
• Express.js + TypeScript: For a robust and strongly-typed server

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📦 Tech Stack

Tool	Purpose
Express.js	Web framework
TypeScript	Static typing
Zod	Input validation
Zustand	State management (used as mock DB)
Faker.js	Fake data generation
Morgan	Logging requests
CORS	API access from other origins

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🛠 Endpoints & Examples

GET /api/users

Query parameters:

• q (optional): search string (matches name, email, bio)
• page (optional): page number (default: 1)
• limit (optional): items per page (default: 10)

Example:

GET /api/users?q=john&page=2&limit=5