Node.js Express Todo Application with MongoDB CRUD REST API and JWT Authentication

This is a simple To-Do application built with Node.js and Express. The API allows users to perform CRUD operations on a list of tasks, and requires JWT authentication to access. The data is stored in a MongoDB database. Requirements

Node.js
MongoDB

Installation

1 Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/erenokur/nodejs-todo-backend

2 Install the dependencies:

yarn

3 Configure environment variables:

Create a .env file in the root directory of the project and add the following variables:

APP_PORT=your-app-port
MONGO_URL=your-mongodb-uri
SECRET_TOKEN=your-jwt-secret

4 Start the server:

    npm start

API Endpoints

 GET /api/task/getTasks: Get all tasks
 POST /api/task/markDone:id: Mark task completed
 POST /api/task/markUnDone:id: Mark task not completed
 POST /api/task/activateTask:id: Delete task
 POST /api/task/deActivateTask:id: Bring back deleted task
 POST /api/task/createTask:title: Create new task
 POST /api/auth/register: Sign up a new user
 POST /api/auth/login: Sign in an existing user

Authentication

To access the API endpoints that require authentication, you need to provide a JSON Web Token (JWT) in the request header as follows:

Authorization: Bearer your-jwt-token

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.