Book Review Application

Overview

This is a server-side book review application built with Node.js and Express.js. It provides a REST API for managing books, user authentication, and book reviews. The application uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for session-based authentication and supports CRUD operations for book reviews. It also includes Promise-based endpoints for asynchronous data retrieval.

The project is part of a final assignment for a course by IBM Developer Skills Network, forked from expressBookReviews.

Features

• Public Routes:
  • Get a list of all books.
  • Get book details by ISBN, author, or title.
  • View book reviews by ISBN.
  • Register a new user.
• Authenticated Routes:
  • Login with username and password to obtain a JWT.
  • Add or modify a book review (authenticated users only).
  • Delete a book review (authenticated users can only delete their own reviews).
• Asynchronous Routes:
  • Promise-based endpoints for retrieving book data (list, ISBN, author, title).
• Security:
  • JWT-based session authentication for protected routes.
  • Input validation for user registration and login.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm (v6 or higher)
• Postman (for testing API endpoints)

Setup

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/expressBookReviews.git
   cd expressBookReviews/final_project