Setup

npm install && npm start

Database Connection

1. Import connect.js
2. Invoke in start()
3. Setup .env in the root
4. Add MONGO_URI with correct value

Routers

• auth.js
• jobs.js

User Model

Email Validation Regex

/^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/

Register User

• Validate - name, email, password - with Mongoose
• Hash Password (with bcryptjs)
• Save User
• Generate Token
• Send Response with Token

Login User

• Validate - email, password - in controller
• If email or password is missing, throw BadRequestError
• Find User
• Compare Passwords
• If no user or password does not match, throw UnauthenticatedError
• If correct, generate Token
• Send Response with Token

Mongoose Errors

• Validation Errors -if user doesnt provide any values
• Duplicate (Email)
• Cast Error -id syntax doesnt match with what moongosse is looking for

Security

• helmet
• cors --(cross origin resource sharing) ensure api is accessible from all domains
• xss-clean-sanitizes user input in req.body, req,query, req.params, protect us from cross site scripting attacks(attacker tries to inject malicious code)
• express-rate-limit -limit amount of req user make