The backend API is built using the following technologies and modules:

• Node.js - JavaScript runtime environment.
• Express - Web application framework for Node.js.
• TypeScript - Static typing for JavaScript.
• PostgreSQL - Relational database.
• Prisma - ORM for database access and modeling.
• JWT - JSON Web Tokens for authentication.
• Bcrypt - Password hashing.
• Zod - Data validation.
• CORS - Enable CORS for API access.
• Helmet - Security middleware.
• Swagger - API documentation.
• ESLint - Linter.
• Prettier - Code formatter.

To set up the development environment for the backend API, follow these steps:

• PostgreSQL
• Node.js

1. Clone the repository from GitHub to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/alikehel/albarq-api-express.git

2. Navigate into the project directory:

cd albarq-api-express

3. Install dependencies:

yarn

4. Rename .example.env to .env and update the environment variables to match your local setup:

PORT=
NODE_ENV=""
JWT_SECRET=""
JWT_EXPIRES_IN=""
SECRET=""
DATABASE_URL=""
AWS_S3_BUCKET=""
AWS_PROFILE=""
AWS_REGION=""
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=""
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=""

5. Run the Postgres database if not already running.

6. Create the database specified in .env if it doesn't exist:

createdb albarq

7. Run database migrations if the project has them to setup schema.

8. Start the Node.js application:

npm start

9. The API should now be running on http:https://localhost:3000 or the port defined in code.

10. Test API endpoints.

The project is currently under development, and the following tasks are being worked on:

• Improve Error Handling
• Improve Input Validation Messages
• Improve the UI and the Landing Page
• Improve the Database Design
• Improve API Swagger Documentations
• Improve API Security Best Practices
• Implement Pricing System
• Implement Jest Testing
• Implement JWT Refresh Tokens
• Implement CI/CD with CircleCI / GitHub Actions
• Implement the Chat System
• Implement API Logging for Better Debugging
• Refactor to Cleaner Code
• Integrate with AWS services
• Move from Prisma to Drizzle-ORM for better performence and less abstractions
• API versioning and Caching
• Try artillery or k6 for load testing

For any minor updates to the curriculum, such as fixing broken URLs, correcting spelling or syntax errors, and other non-substantive issues, we welcome you to submit a pull request. You can do this by following the guidelines in pull request guide.

If you have specific and substantial feedback or concerns about the content, we encourage you to open an issue. Please refer to open an issue for assistance.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.