Local Recommendation's Platform API

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Tech Stack
• Getting Started
• Project Structure

Prerequisites

• Node JS @16.X and up
• npm @8 and up

Tech Stack

• bcrypt @ 5.1.1 - Library for hashing passwords.
• cookie-parser @ 1.4.6 - Middleware for parsing cookies.
• cors @ 2.8.5 - Middleware for enabling CORS in Express.
• dotenv @ 16.4.5 - Zero-dependency module for loading environment variables.
• express @ 4.19.2 - Web framework for Node.js.
• jsonwebtoken @ 9.0.2 - Library for generating JWTs.
• nodemailer @ 6.9.14 - Module for sending emails.
• pg @ 8.12.0 - PostgreSQL client for Node.js.
• pg-hstore @ 2.3.4 - Serializes and deserializes JSON data to hstore format for PostgreSQL.
• sequelize @ 6.37.3 - Promise-based ORM for Node.js.
• uuid @ 10.0.0 - Generates UUIDs.
• ws @ 8.17.1 - Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested websocket client, server and console for node.js

Getting Started

1. First of all you need to clone app repository from github:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/local-recommendations-api.git

2. Next step requires install all dependencies.

npm install

3. Also you need to create .env file where copy information from .env.example file

Create a .env file based on the .env.example template.
Update the variables with your PostgreSQL database connection URI and other configuration settings.

Project Structure

src
├── config          # Configuration files
├── controllers     # Controller files
├── middlewares     # Middleware functions
├── models          # Database models
├── routes          # Router files
├── utils           # Utility functions
└── server.js       # Main server file

Config: Contains configuration files such as database connection setup.

Controllers: Handles business logic, interacting with models and returning responses.

Middlewares: Includes middleware functions for handling requests before they reach the routes.

Models: Defines data models using Sequelize for interacting with PostgreSQL.

Routes: Defines API routes and their corresponding controller methods.

Utils: Utility functions used across the application.

Server.js: Entry point file that initializes and starts the Express server.

Feel free to adjust the sections and details according to your specific project setup and requirements. This README template provides a clear structure and instructions for setting up and understanding your Local Recommendation's Platform API project.