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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

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