Food Ordering App

Food Ordering App backend built for Swiggy i++ 2022 Stage 2
Author : https://github.com/ddivyansh18 [Divyansh Dixit (Batch 1)]
Presentation : https://bit.ly/3n8vXra

Installation

Install the dependencies and devDependencies and start the server.

npm install
node app.js

Define the following secrets in the environment or using dotConfig :
MONGO_URI : URL of the mongoDb server
TOKEN_KEY : Secret used for signing of JWT tokens (hexadecimal string)

Tech Stack and Features :

• Backend : NodeJS (ExpressJS)
• Database : MongoDB
• Used JWT for user authentication
• Used mongoose for database schema validation
• Used Joi for request schema validation
• Created postman collection for testing of the created endpoints
• Documented all the endpoints using swagger

Coding Practices :

• Modularised the code by splitting functionalities into relevant files and folders
• All endpoints return meaningful status codes and error messages as mentioned in the documentation.
• Due to schema validation, improper/incomplete requests are rejected with relevant messages
• Meaningful github commit messages.
• Use of .gitignore to prevent committing unnecessary files.
• User of .env file to store secrets like database url, token secret etc