Mesto Backend — Node.js REST API

RESTful API backend for the Mesto photo-sharing application — handles authentication, user profiles, and photo cards.

Tech Stack

Features

• JWT authentication with bcrypt password hashing
• CRUD operations for users and photo cards
• Request validation with Celebrate/Joi
• Centralized error handling middleware
• Mongoose schemas with reference relationships
• Logging of requests and errors

Getting Started

npm install
npm run dev

The API will run on http://localhost:3000.

Build

npm run build
npm run start

API

Main endpoints:

• POST /signup — register a new user
• POST /signin — authenticate and receive JWT
• GET /users/me — get current user profile
• GET /cards — list all photo cards
• POST /cards — create a new card
• PUT /cards/:id/likes — like a card

About

This is a learning project from the Web Development Master's program at NUST MISIS in partnership with Yandex Practicum, focused on building a production-ready REST API with authentication, validation, and proper error handling.