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Welcome to DevCom Social Media API

DevCom is a production-ready social media backend API built with Node.js, Express, TypeScript, and MongoDB. This API provides a complete backend solution for social media applications with features like user authentication, posts, comments, reactions, and a global feed.

Quick Links

• Getting Started
• API Documentation
• Architecture Overview
• Development Guide
• Deployment
• Contributing

Features

• 🔐 Authentication & Authorization - JWT-based authentication with role-based access control
• 👤 User Management - Complete user profile management with avatar support
• 📝 Posts - Create, read, update, and delete posts with tag support
• 💬 Comments - Nested comments with reply functionality
• ❤️ Reactions - Like/unlike posts with reaction counting
• 🏷️ Tags - Tag management system (admin only)
• 📰 Global Feed - Aggregated feed with engagement metrics and sorting
• 🛡️ Security - Helmet, CORS, rate limiting, and input validation
• 📊 Logging - Comprehensive logging with Winston

Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js 20.x
• Framework: Express.js
• Language: TypeScript
• Database: MongoDB with Mongoose
• Authentication: JWT (jsonwebtoken)
• Validation: Zod
• Security: Helmet, CORS, bcryptjs
• Logging: Winston

Project Status

This project is in active development. The core features are implemented and ready for use.

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Need help? Check out our API Documentation or open an issue.