💛 Frontend Hosted on Netlify - link
🔐 Rigorous Signup Process: Implemented a robust signup mechanism using BCRYPTJS to securely hash user passwords and enforce username uniqueness.
🔑 Seamless Authentication & Authorization: Employed JWT-based authentication for smooth login procedures. Implemented stringent API authorization using a custom middleware to fortify data security.So, here i used one middleware named authZmiddleware.js to check user is logged in or not with JWT token.
🗒️ Powerful CRUD Operations: Empowered users with Create, Read, Update, and Delete functionalities for efficient note management within the MongoDB database.
📸 Dynamic Image Integration via Cloudinary: Elevated note-taking capabilities with dynamic image uploads. Leveraged Cloudinary's seamless integration to efficiently store images in the cloud, providing optimized storage and retrieval. Additionally, integrated image size compression for resource optimization.
🛠️ Handling Environment Variables with Vite: Struggled with setting up and utilizing .env variables in a Vite-based React app. And i solved it from one youtube video and solution is also available on my github repo.
// 📂 .env
VITE_BACKEND_URL = "xxxxxxxx"
// How to access
const backendUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL ;
🚧 CORS Errors in Backend: Encountered Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) issues in the backend. This issue commonly arises when making requests from one domain to another, leading to security restrictions. I forgot to use this but identify it easily
🌐 Deployment Challenges on RenderSite : Faced various challenges when attempting to deploy the backend on Render, causing impediments in the deployment process. So, i was unable to do deployment on Render named site and i choose vercel - tutorial link.
🚀 Successful Deployment on Vercel & Netlify: Overcame hurdles by successfully deploying the backend for the first time on Vercel and opting for Netlify to host the frontend, achieving a functional deployment setup.
🍪 So it is backend error especially while setting cookies in browser and during successfull Login i am sending res.cookie to the client but client browser is not accepting cookies so it is one loophole during authZ if you can solve this then please requestfully ping me on my socialmedia platforms. and during the testing on POSTMAN the cookies setting is working successfully
// 📂 Backend > controllers > user.js
const token = await jwt.sign(payload, secretKey, {
expiresIn : "9m"
})
console.log("jwt token ==> ", token);
const options = {
expires: new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 9 * 1000), // Set expiration time to 1 minute from now
httpOnly: true,
path:"/",
//sameSite: 'None',
secure: false,
};
res.cookie("token", token, options);