# Project Name

Short description or introduction of your project.

## Table of Contents

- [About](#about)
- [Features](#features)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [License](#license)
- [Creators](#creators)
- [Contact](#contact)

## About

This is the backend for a forum you can self host. It is written in NodeJS and uses the Surrealdb database. It is a REST API that uses JSON for communication. It is uses the Express framework. Further it uses the following packages:

- auth-guardian: "^1.1.1",
- cookie-parser: "^1.4.6",
- cors": "2.8.5",
- dotenv: "^16.3.1",
- express: "^4.18.2",
- jsonwebtoken: "^9.0.2",
- surrealdb.node: "^0.3.0"

The frontend will be written in NextJS and will be a seperate repository.
This project is under development and is not ready for production.

## Features

- [x] User authentication
- [x] User registration
- [x] User login
- [x] User logout
- [x] User profile
- [x] User profile update
- [x] User profile delete
- [x] Create post
- [x] Like post
- [x] Comment on post
- [x] Save post
- [x] Comment on comment
- [x] Like comment
- [x] Save comment
- [x] Search posts
- [x] Search users
- [x] Trending posts
- [x] Most active users
- [x] Most liked posts
- [x] Most commented posts
- [x] Most saved posts

## Installation

### Prerequisites
NodeJS and NPM are required to run this project. You can download them [here](https://nodejs.org/en/download/).

### Clone

Clone this repository to your local machine using

```shell
git clone https://gitea.quiztimes.nl/kajvans/forum-backend.git
```

### Setup

Edit .env.example and rename it to .env. Fill in the required information.

### Install dependencies

Install the required dependencies using

```shell
npm install
```

### Running

Run the project using

```shell
npm start
```

## License

This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE) - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

## Creators

- kaj van schalkwijk
- ruben jimmink

## Contact

- GitHub: [Kajvan](https://github.com/kajvan) (for GitHub)
- Gitea: [Kajvans](https://gitea.quiztimes.nl/kajvans) (for Gitea)