📝 User-Notes API

A full-featured Notes Management REST API built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB, designed for seamless note-taking experiences with robust authentication, authorization, and role-based access control.

🚀 Features

• JWT Authentication (Login / Signup)
• User Roles: user & admin
• Notes CRUD: Create, Read, Update, Delete
• Role-based Access Control:
  • Admins can add users
  • Users manage only their own notes
• Data Validation using Joi
• Clean structure (controllers, services, routes)

📁 Project Structure

User-Notes/ ├── config/ → MongoDB connection ├── controllers/ → Logic for users & notes ├── middleware/ → Auth & validation middleware ├── models/ → Mongoose schemas ├── routes/ → Express routes ├── services/ → Business logic ├── utils/ → Utility functions └── index.js → App entry point

🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/mody19765/User-Notes.git cd User-Notes

2. Install dependencies: npm install

3. Create a .env file: PORT=3000
   MONGO_URI=your_mongo_connection_string
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

4. Start the app: npm start

🔑 API Endpoints

Auth Routes

• POST /signup → Register a new user
• POST /login → Login and receive token

Notes Routes

• POST /notes → Create a note (user only)
• GET /notes → Get your notes
• GET /notes/user/:id → Admin fetches any user notes
• PATCH /notes/:id → Update a note
• DELETE /notes/:id → Delete a note

Admin Route

• POST /users/add → Admin adds user

📦 MongoDB Models

User

• name: String
• email: String
• password: String (hashed)
• age: Number
• role: 'user' | 'admin'

Note

• title: String
• description: String
• createdBy: ObjectId (User)

✅ Upcoming Features

• Password reset with email
• Dashboard stats
• Note search and filters
• Swagger docs

📫 Contact

Mohamed Ehab
Email: mody.19765@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/mody19765

⭐️ Support

If you like this project, please consider giving it a ⭐️ on GitHub!