Welcome to Twitify, a social media application built on a Monolith architecture! In Twitify, users can post tweets with images, comment on tweets, reply to comments, like tweets or comments, and filter tweets by hashtags.

• Post tweets with images 📸
• Comment on tweets 💬
• Reply to comments 🗨️
• Like tweets and comments ❤️
• Filter tweets by hashtags 🔍

• Node.js
• MongoDB
• Cloudinary account for media storage

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/twitify.git
   cd twitify
   

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Environment Variables:
   • Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

     DATABASE_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/[your database name]
     PORT=3000
     JWT_SECRET=[Your JWT Secret]
     CLOUD_NAME=[Your Cloudinary Cloud Name]
     API_KEY=[Your Cloudinary API Key]
     API_SECRET=[Your Cloudinary API Secret]
     MAIL_HOST=[Your Mail Host]
     MAIL_USER=[Your Mail User]
     MAIL_PASS=[Your Mail Password]  
   

4. Run the Server:

   npm start
   

• POST /api/v1/signup
  • Create a new user account.
  • Request Body:

    {
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "password": "yourpassword",
      "name": "Your Name"
    }

• POST /api/v1/login
  • Log in with existing credentials.
  • Request Body:

    {
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "password": "yourpassword"
    }

  • You will get a Bearer Token in response, whose expiry time is 1 hr
  • Use this token to authenticate yourself to make tweets, comments.

• POST /api/v1/tweets
  • Create a new tweet (requires authentication).
  • Request Body:

    {
      "content": "Your tweet",
      "image": "image_url"
    }

• GET /api/v1/tweets
  • You have to pass tweetID in params
  • Retrieve all tweets.

• POST /api/v1/comments
  • Create a new comment on a tweet (requires authentication).
  • Request Body:

    {
      "content": "Your comment",
    }

  • Pass modelId(tweet_or_comment_id) and modelType(Tweet/Comment) in query params

• POST /api/v1/likes/toggle
  • Toggle like on a tweet or comment.
  • Request Body:

    {
      "likeableId": "tweet_or_comment_id",
      "onModel": "Tweet/Comment"
    }

Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] or connect with me on LinkedIn.

Thank you for checking out Twitify! If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to open an issue or make a pull request.

Happy coding! 😊