Contact Keeper

Full stack MERN contact manager with React hooks, context & JWT authentication. Check it here

This is the full app. The API with documented endpoints is documented here

Usage

Install dependencies

npm install
npm client-install

Mongo connection setup

Edit your /config/default.json file to include the correct MongoDB URI

Run Server

npm run dev     # Express & React :3000 & :5000
npm run server  # Express API Only :5000
npm run client  # React Client Only :3000

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.

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"
      }