Collaborative Task Manager API

A RESTful API built with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB to manage tasks collaboratively. Includes user registration, authentication (JWT), and task CRUD with filtering and pagination.

Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js
• Framework: Express.js
• Database: MongoDB + Mongoose
• Auth: JWT (jsonwebtoken)
• Security: bcrypt, helmet, input sanitization
• Validation: express-validator
• Testing: Postman

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Folder Structure

task-manager-api/ ├── controllers/ ├── models/ ├── routes/ ├── middlewares/ ├── validations/ ├── config/ ├── .env.example ├── app.js ├── server.js └── README.md

user endpoints

http://localhost:5000/api/auth/login

--> curl --location 'http://localhost:5000/api/auth/login'
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--data-raw '{ "email": "sagar@gmail.com", "password": "sagar@123" }'

http://localhost:5000/api/auth/register

curl --location 'http://localhost:5000/api/auth/register'
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--data-raw '{ "name":"Sagar", "email": "sagar@gmail.com", "password": "sagar@123" }'

-> get task

curl --location 'http://localhost:5000/api/tasks'
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjY4NWFkNzRiYzVlNDRkNjJhOGI1YjgyMyIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDc4NDE1MCwiZXhwIjoxNzUwODcwNTUwfQ.O3MNNTEyjnOCo5am0UQWxJ0X_qRKUqf3xfz_VePQ1j0'

-> create task

curl --location 'http://localhost:5000/api/tasks'
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjY4NWFkNzRiYzVlNDRkNjJhOGI1YjgyMyIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDc4NDE1MCwiZXhwIjoxNzUwODcwNTUwfQ.O3MNNTEyjnOCo5am0UQWxJ0X_qRKUqf3xfz_VePQ1j0'
--data '{ "title":"Demo", "description":"sdhkjsdhsjdhjsd", "assignedTo":"685ad9ed269e1c62f21195c3" }'

-> update task

curl --location --request PUT 'http://localhost:5000/api/tasks/685ada09269e1c62f21195c5'
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjY4NWFkOWVkMjY5ZTFjNjJmMjExOTVjMyIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDc4NDU1OCwiZXhwIjoxNzUwODcwOTU4fQ.csc2A1UPm5Qran7aCg5ls-5WqkpEW-tK7XcdC65Y_Vw'
--data '{ "status":"done" }'

-> delete task

curl --location --request DELETE 'http://localhost:5000/api/tasks/685ada09269e1c62f21195c5'
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjY4NWFkOWVkMjY5ZTFjNjJmMjExOTVjMyIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDc4NDU1OCwiZXhwIjoxNzUwODcwOTU4fQ.csc2A1UPm5Qran7aCg5ls-5WqkpEW-tK7XcdC65Y_Vw'

PORT = 5000 MONGO_URI = mongodb://localhost:27017/mcs-task JWT_SECRET = thisisstrongjwtsecretforloginsession