Backend Project Helli-8

A full-featured Node.js backend server with authentication, news/article management, user search functionality, and admin capabilities.

🚀 Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js
• Framework: Express.js
• Authentication: JWT-based
• File Upload: Multer (image upload)
• Database: MongoDB (assumed based on model structure)
• Package Manager: npm

🗄️ Database Models

Model	Purpose	Key Fields
User.js	Authentication & profiles	name, email, password (hashed), role (user/admin)
MainNew.js	News/articles	title, content, author, images, likes, comments
Upload.js	File tracking	filename, path, uploadedBy, relatedModel

📡 API Routes

1. Authentication (login.js)

Base path: /api/auth

Method	Endpoint	Middleware	Description
POST	/register	-	Create new user
POST	/login	-	Login & receive JWT
GET	/me	auth	Get current user profile
POST	/forgot-password	-	Request password reset
POST	/reset-password	-	Reset password

2. News Management (news.js)

Base path: /api/news

Method	Endpoint	Middleware	Description
POST	/	auth + uploadimg	Create article with images
GET	/	-	Get all published articles
GET	/:id	-	Get single article
PUT	/:id	auth	Update your article
DELETE	/:id	auth + admin	Delete any article (admin)
POST	/:id/like	auth	Like/unlike article
POST	/:id/comment	auth	Add comment

3. Search (search.js)

Base path: /api/search

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/?q=...	Search across all content
GET	/news?q=...	Search only articles
GET	/users?q=...	Search users
GET	/by-tag/:tag	Find articles by tag

4. User Management (users.js)

Base path: /api/users

Method	Endpoint	Middleware	Description
GET	/	auth + admin	List all users (admin)
GET	/:id	auth	Get user profile
PUT	/:id	auth	Update profile
DELETE	/:id	auth + admin	Delete user (admin)
GET	/:id/stats	auth	Get user statistics
PUT	/profile/image	auth + uploadimg	Upload profile picture

🔐 Authentication Flow

1. Register → User created with hashed password
2. Login → Server returns JWT token
3. Authenticated Requests → Include token in header:
   Authorization: Bearer <your_jwt_token>
4. Protected Routes → auth.js middleware validates token
5. Admin Routes → admin.js checks role === 'admin'

📤 Image Upload

• Middleware: uploadimg.js
• Storage: /upload directory
• Limits: Images only, max size (check your config)
• Usage: Include multipart/form-data with field name image or images

🛠️ Installation & Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• MongoDB
• npm

Steps

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/danitdev/Backend-Project-helli-8.git
cd Backend-Project-helli-8/the\ project\ 1.2

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Configure environment (create .env file)
# PORT=3000
# MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/helli8_db
# JWT_SECRET=your_super_secret_key

# Start MongoDB
mongod

# Run the app
npm run dev   # Development with auto-reload
npm start     # Production