Instalike-Back is a backend service designed to support the Instalike application (project created during the course "Imersão Dev Back-end" provided by Alura in November 2024). This project provides APIs for photo uploads. Also, as a experiment, the course explained how the Google Gemini can be integrated inside back-end. For the database and deploy, it uses MongoDB Atlas and Google Cloud. For more information, please read below:
- Node.js: JavaScript runtime for building the backend.
- Express.js: Web framework for Node.js to create APIs.
- MongoDB: NoSQL database for storing user data and photos.
- Multer: Middleware for handling
multipart/form-datafor photo uploads. - dotenv: Module to load environment variables from a
.envfile. - Thunder: Extension used in VS Code for testing API Endpoints.
- Postman: Software used for testing API Endpoints.
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Post Creation:
POST /posts: Create a post.
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Photo Uploads:
POST /upload: Upload a new photo.
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Return all posts
GET /posts: Obtain all posts in the database
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Update an image
PUT /upload/:id: Updates the image from the ID informed
- During this course, I was able to practice my knowledge in Javascript and, more specific, in Node.js.
- For this project, the practice of integrating routes with database was a special way for me to learn about MongoDB, one of the most use database services using NoSQL.
- I was able to understand and practice how an API works and how can I implement with the best practices in my future projects.
Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests. Fork the repository and create a pull request to contribute.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.