Contact Keeper API

This is a Node/Express/MongoDB REST API for contacts that uses JWT authentication. All contact endpoints are protected and each registered user has their own contacts. This is used in my React course on Udemy. It is the API ONLY. The fullstack app can be found here

Getting Started

  Open the config/default.json file and add your mongoURI and your jwtSecret

  npm install
  npm run server # Runs on http://localhost:5000

API Usage & Endpoints

Register a User [POST /api/users]

• Request: Add user and request JSON web token

  • Headers

    Content-type: application/json

  • Body

    {
      "name": "",
      "email": "",
      "password": ""
    }

• Response: 200 (application/json)

  • Body

    { "token": "" }

Login with a User [POST /api/auth]

• Request: Login with credentials to recieve a JSON web token

  • Headers

    Content-type: application/json

  • Body

    {
      "email": "",
      "password": ""
    }

• Response: 200 (application/json)

  • Body

    { "token": "" }

Get Contacts [GET /api/contacts]

• Request: Get all contacts of a specific user

  • Headers

    x-auth-token: YOURJWT

• Response: 200 (application/json)

  • Body

    { "contacts": [] }

Add New Contact [POST /api/contacts]

• Request: Add a new contact

  • Headers

    x-auth-token: YOURJWT Content-type: application/json

  • Body

    {
      "name": "",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "type": "" [personal or professional]
    }

• Response: 200 (application/json)

  • Body

    { "contact": {} }

Update Contact [PUT /api/contacts/:id]

• Request: Update existing contact

  • Parameters

  • id: 1 (number) - An unique identifier of the contact.

  • Headers

    x-auth-token: YOURJWT Content-type: application/json

  • Body

    {
      "name": "",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "",
      "type": "" [personal or professional]
    }

• Response: 200 (application/json)

  • Body

    { "contact": {} }

Delete Contact [DELETE /api/contacts/:id]

• Request: Delete existing contact

  • Parameters

  • id: 1 (number) - An unique identifier of the contact.

  • Headers

    x-auth-token: YOURJWT

• Response: 200 (application/json)

  • Body

    { "msg": "Contact removed" }