Discussion Forum App

This is a simple discussion forum web application with features to create discussions and post messages within discussions.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Usage
• API Endpoints
• Built With
• License
• Acknowledgments
• Contact Me
• Coming Soon

Features

• Create discussions
• Post messages within discussions
• Update and delete discussions
• Update and delete messages
• Get all discussions and messages
• Get discussion by ID with messages
• Get message by ID
• Get all messages within a discussion

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

Prerequisites

• Node.js and npm installed
• MongoDB installed and running

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Rajkumar-Khatua/prompt-conversationer-backend.git
   cd prompt-conversationer-backend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following environment variables:

    PORT=3000
    MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/prompt-conversationer-backend

4. Start the server:

   npm start

5. The server should be running on http://localhost:3000.

Usage

• Create a discussion:

  curl -X POST \
    http://localhost:3000/discussions \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
    "title": "Discussion Title",
    "description": "Discussion Description"
  }'

• Get all discussions:

    curl -X GET \
        http://localhost:3000/discussions

• Get a discussion by ID: ```bash curl -X GET
  http://localhost:3000/discussions/:discussionId

• Update a discussion: ```bash curl -X PUT
  http://localhost:3000/discussions/:discussionId
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
  -d '{ "title": "Updated Discussion Title", "description": "Updated Discussion Description" }'

• Delete a discussion: bash curl -X DELETE \ http://localhost:3000/discussions/:discussionId

• Create a message: bash curl -X POST \ http://localhost:3000/discussions/:discussionId/messages \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{ "text": "Message Text" }'

• Get all messages:

      curl -X GET \
          http://localhost:3000/messages
      ```

• Get a message by ID:

      curl -X GET \
          http://localhost:3000/messages/:messageId
      ```

• Update a message: bash curl -X PUT \ http://localhost:3000/messages/:messageId \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{ "text": "Updated Message Text" }'

• Delete a message:

      curl -X DELETE \
          http://localhost:3000/messages/:messageId
      ```

• Get all messages within a discussion: bash curl -X GET \ http://localhost:3000/discussions/:discussionId/messages

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description	Request Body	Success Response	Error Response
POST	/discussions	Create a discussion	{ "title": "Discussion Title", "description": "Discussion Description" }	201 Created	400 Bad Request
GET	/discussions	Get all discussions	-	200 OK	404 Not Found
GET	/discussions/:discussionId	Get a discussion by ID	-	200 OK	404 Not Found
PUT	/discussions/:discussionId	Update a discussion	{ "title": "Updated Discussion Title", "description": "Updated Discussion Description" }	200 OK	400 Bad Request
DELETE	/discussions/:discussionId	Delete a discussion	-	204 No Content	404 Not Found
POST	/discussions/:discussionId/messages	Create a message	{ "text": "Message Text" }	201 Created	400 Bad Request
GET	/messages	Get all messages	-	200 OK	404 Not Found
GET	/messages/:messageId	Get a message by ID	-	200 OK	404 Not Found
PUT	/messages/:messageId	Update a message	{ "text": "Updated Message Text" }	200 OK	400 Bad Request
DELETE	/messages/:messageId	Delete a message	-	204 No Content	404 Not Found
GET	/discussions/:discussionId/messages	Get all messages within a discussion	-	200 OK	404 Not Found

Built With

• Node.js - JavaScript runtime
• Express - Web framework
• MongoDB - NoSQL database
• Mongoose - MongoDB object modeling for Node.js

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Special thanks to OpenAI for providing GPT-3.5, which assisted in creating this README.

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Personal Team Appreciation:

I extend my sincere appreciation to each member of our team for their dedicated efforts and collaboration, which have been instrumental in ensuring the smooth flow of our work. This project wouldn't have been possible without the hard work, commitment, and expertise contributed by each team member.

Contact Me 📫

Rajkumar Khatua - LinkedIn Rajkumar Khatua - GitHub

Coming Soon Features

• User authentication
• User authorization
• User roles
• User profile
• User avatar
• User settings
• User notifications
• User search
• User activity
• User privacy
• User preferences
• User subscriptions
• User followers
• User following
• User blocking
• User reporting
• User feedback
• User support
• User feedback
• Performance optimization
• Security
• Personal group chats
• Group chats
• Group chat settings
• Group chat notifications
• Group chat search
• Group chat activity
• Group chat privacy
• Group chat preferences
• Group chat subscriptions
• Group chat followers
• Group chat following
• Group chat blocking
• Group chat reporting