Headless CMS Backend

This is the NodeJS, Express, and MongoDB based backend of the Headless-CMS Project. It has all the schemas, routes, and controllers for the backend.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Installation
• Usage
• Available Scripts
• Dependencies
• Environment Variables
• License

Introduction

This project is the backend service for a Headless CMS, designed to manage blog content. It is built with NodeJS, Express, and MongoDB.

Installation

To set up the project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/HattySohaib/Headless-CMS-Backend.git

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd Headless-CMS-Backend

3. Install the dependencies:

   npm install

4. Create a .env file in the root directory and add your environment variables:

   PORT=3000
   MONGODB_URI=your-mongodb-uri
   JWT_SECRET=your-jwt-secret
   AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your-aws-access-key-id
   AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your-aws-secret-access-key
   S3_BUCKET_NAME=your-s3-bucket-name

Usage

To run the project:

npm start

This will start the server using nodemon on the port specified in the .env file.

Available Scripts

• start: Runs the application with nodemon.

Dependencies

• @aws-sdk/client-s3: AWS SDK for S3.
• @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner: AWS SDK for S3 request presigner.
• bcrypt: Library for hashing passwords.
• cors: Middleware for enabling CORS.
• dotenv: Loads environment variables from a .env file.
• express: Web framework for Node.js.
• jsonwebtoken: Library for working with JSON Web Tokens.
• mongodb: MongoDB driver for Node.js.
• mongoose: MongoDB object modeling tool.
• multer: Middleware for handling multipart/form-data (file uploads).

Environment Variables

The following environment variables are required to run the project:

• PORT: The port on which the server will run.
• MONGODB_URI: The URI for connecting to MongoDB.
• JWT_SECRET: Secret key for signing JSON Web Tokens.
• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: AWS access key ID.
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: AWS secret access key.
• S3_BUCKET_NAME: Name of the S3 bucket.

License

This project is licensed under the ISC License.