Backend Development API

This README provides comprehensive details about the backend development API. It includes information about the middleware stack, routes, and endpoints.

3 rd party npm packages

The backend API utilizes the following middleware stack:

• Express: A fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js
• Cors: Cross-Origin Resource Sharing middleware for enabling CORS with various options.
• Morgan: HTTP request logger middleware for Node.js.
• Express Rate Limit: Middleware to limit repeated requests to public APIs and/or endpoints.
• Helmet: Middleware to secure Express apps by setting various HTTP headers.
• Express Mongo Sanitize: Middleware to sanitize user input coming from POST body, GET queries, and URL params.
• HPP (HTTP Parameter Pollution): Middleware to prevent HTTP Parameter Pollution attacks.

Routes and Endpoints

The backend API defines the following routes and endpoints:

Authentication Routes:
    /api/v1/users/signup: POST request to sign up a new user.
    /api/v1/users/signin: POST request to sign in an existing user.
    /api/v1/users/forgotPassword: POST request to initiate the password reset process.
    /api/v1/users/resetPassword/:token: PATCH request to reset user password using a reset token.

User Routes(all):
    /api/v1/users/updateMyPassword: PATCH request to update the password of the authenticated user.
    /api/v1/users/updateMe: PATCH request to update user details of the authenticated user.
    /api/v1/users/deleteMe: DELETE request to delete the account of the authenticated user.

User Routes (admin/moderator):
    /api/v1/users/:id: GET request to retrieve a user by ID.

User Routes (admin):
    /api/v1/users: GET request to retrieve all users (accessible by admin).
    /api/v1/users: POST request to create a new user (accessible by admin).
    /api/v1/users/:id: PATCH request to update a user by ID (accessible by admin).
    /api/v1/users/:id: DELETE request to delete a user by ID (accessible by admin).

Fixing TypeScript Error with .ts File Extension Unknown Issue.

Problem Description

When attempting to run a TypeScript file with the .ts extension, the Node.js environment encounters an error due to the unknown file extension.

NODE > 20.0 .ts file extenstion unknown issue fix.

• solution-1 "start" :"node --no-warnings=ExperimentalWarning --loader ts-node/esm ./api/src/index.ts"

• solution-2 npm i -D tsx "start": "tsx ./api/src/index.ts"

add 'tsc --noEmit' to type chekck (issue with native node modules import statement) "start": "tsc --noEmit && tsx ./api/src/index.ts"

• solution-3 npm i -D tsimp this better than above on but if there is error on type it will not stop execution "start": "node --import=tsimp/import ./api/src/index.ts"

• better way npm i -D cross-env package needed for windows "start": "cross-env TSIMP_DIAG=error node --import=tsimp/import ./api/src/index.ts" "start": "cross-env TSIMP_DIAG=error nodemon --exec 'node --import=tsimp/import' ./api/src/index.ts"