Forum-Microservice is designed to provide a scalable and containerized environment for deploying a microservice-based application resembling a Reddit-style forum. The docker image is available on DockerHub. This image encapsulates the Node.js application responsible for handling forum-related functionalities, with seamless integration capabilities for MongoDB.

• JavaScript
• Express.js
• Node.js
• MongoDB
• Docker
• Github Actions
• Jest
• Bcrypt
• Postman

• Users: The Forum-Microservice supports user management and authentication. Users can register, log in, and perform various actions such as creating posts, commenting, and voting on posts. The microservice provides APIs for user-related operations, allowing developers to integrate user functionality into their applications easily.

• Microservices Architecture: Built to operate as a microservice, promoting modularization and scalability within a broader system.

• MongoDB Integration: Supports dynamic connection to a MongoDB instance through the MONGODB_URI environment variable.

The API documentation can be found here.

To run the Docker container, set the required environment variables and port bindings:

docker run -e MONGODB_URI=<your_mongodb_uri> -p 8080:3000 your-docker-username/forum-microservice

1. Pull the Docker Image:

   docker pull your-docker-username/forum-microservice

2. Run the Docker Container:

   docker run -e MONGODB_URI=<your_mongodb_uri> -p 8080:3000 your-docker-username/forum-microservice
   

3. Initialize Database and Admin: Adjust this template as needed to create an admin user

        // Setup database with initial test data.
        // Include an admin user.
        // Script should take admin credentials as arguments as described in the requirements doc.
        require('dotenv').config();
        const Questions = require("./models/questions");
        const Comment = require("./models/comment");
        const Answers = require("./models/answers");
        const User = require("./models/users");
        const { default: mongoose } = require("mongoose");
        const bcrypt = require("bcrypt");
   
        const admin_email = process.argv[2];
        const admin_password = process.argv[3];
        const admin_username = process.argv[4];
   
        const saltRounds = 12;  // Default salt rounds 12
        const salt = bcrypt.genSaltSync(saltRounds);
        const admin_passwordHash = bcrypt.hashSync(admin_password, salt);
   
        const mongoUrl = process.env.MONGODB_URI;
        console.log(process.env.MONGODB_URI)
        mongoose.connect(mongoUrl, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
        const database = mongoose.connection; 
        database.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
        database.once('open', async () => {
            console.log("Connected to database");
            try {
                const admin = new User({
                    username: admin_username,
                    email: admin_email,
                    passwordHash: admin_passwordHash,
                    admin: true,
                });
                await admin.save();
                console.log("Admin user created");
            } catch (error) {
                console.log(error);
            }
            database.close();
        });