backend-notes-api

Backend API for personal notes CRUD with user ownership using JWT and HttpOnly cookies.

Features

• Register user
• Login user
• Logout user
• Create note
• Get all notes (user-specific)
• Get single note (user-specific)
• Update note (user-specific)
• Delete note (user-specific)
• Protected routes
• JWT authentication
• HttpOnly cookie based auth
• MongoDB with Mongoose

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• JWT
• bcryptjs
• cookie-parser

Environment Variables

Create a .env file:

PORT=1202
MONGO_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/backend_notes_api
JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key
NODE_ENV=development

Install

npm install

Run

npm run dev

API Endpoints

Auth

• POST /api/auth/register
• POST /api/auth/login
• POST /api/auth/logout

Notes

• POST /api/notes
• GET /api/notes
• GET /api/notes/:id
• PUT /api/notes/:id
• DELETE /api/notes/:id

Notes

• Each note belongs to a specific user
• Users can only access their own notes
• Authentication via HttpOnly cookies
• Use withCredentials: true in frontend

Follow Me

• GitHub: https://github.com/a2rp
• Portfolio: https://www.ashishranjan.net
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