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Express + MongoDB Blog API with Auth

A blogging REST API built with Express and MongoDB (via Mongoose) supporting user registration, JWT-based login, and authenticated post creation/editing. Learners practice schema design with Mongoose, password hashing, and JWT authentication middleware.

Estimate
~11h
Steps
6
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Express · MongoDB · Mongoose · JWT

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Project roadmap

  1. 01

    Design the schemas

    ~1.5h

    Define Mongoose models for User and Post with field validation.

  2. 02

    Add registration and login

    ~2h

    Implement registration and login endpoints with bcrypt password hashing.

  3. 03

    Add JWT auth middleware

    ~2h

    Issue JWTs on login and write middleware that protects write routes.

  4. 04

    Build post endpoints

    ~2h

    Implement CRUD endpoints for posts, restricting edit and delete to the post's author.

  5. 05

    Add pagination and search

    ~1.5h

    Support pagination and search-by-title on the public post listing endpoint.

  6. 06

    Write integration tests

    ~2h

    Write integration tests covering authentication and post endpoint behavior.

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Tech stack

ExpressMongoDBMongooseJWT