Knowvia Server is the robust backend REST API that powers the Knowvia knowledge-sharing platform — a full-stack MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js) application designed to facilitate seamless user interaction and content management. This server provides all core functionalities including user authentication, article and comment management, and secure data handling, enabling a rich and responsive frontend experience.
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🔴 Live Frontend Application: https://knowvia-bd.web.app
Experience the platform firsthand with real-time interactions and content updates. -
💻 Frontend Source Code: Knowvia Client GitHub Repository
The React-based frontend application consuming the API. -
⚙️ Backend Source Code: Knowvia Server GitHub Repository
This backend project repository containing all server-side logic.
Knowvia Server acts as the backbone of the platform, offering a fully-featured REST API for user management, content creation, and interaction. The server ensures:
- Scalable and Maintainable Architecture: Modular route handling with Express Router, making it easy to extend and maintain.
- Secure Authentication: Using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) to protect routes and verify user identity.
- Comprehensive Data Management: CRUD operations for articles, comments, likes, and users.
- Smooth Frontend Integration: CORS configuration and consistent API design for seamless communication with the React frontend.
- Error Resilience: Standardized error handling that delivers clear feedback to both developers and users.
- Configurable Environment: Uses environment variables for sensitive data and flexible deployment configurations.
- JWT-Based Authentication: Issue and verify JSON Web Tokens to secure API endpoints.
- Role-Based Access Control (planned): Extendable system to manage different user roles and permissions.
- Password Reset & Email Verification: Supports essential user account management features.
- Articles CRUD: Users can create, read, update, and delete articles with rich content.
- Comments System: Users can add comments linked to articles, facilitating user discussions.
- Likes & Interactions: Users can like articles, and these interactions are tracked efficiently.
- RESTful API Structure: Logical and consistent REST endpoints supporting stateless operations.
- Input Validation & Sanitization: To prevent injection attacks and ensure data integrity.
- CORS Enabled: Configured to allow requests from the frontend origin securely.
- Rate Limiting & Logging (recommended future improvements): To protect the API from abuse and enable monitoring.
- MongoDB: Flexible NoSQL document database for fast and scalable data storage.
- Schema Design: Well-defined models for users, articles, comments, and likes.
- Indexes & Optimizations: For improved query performance on frequently accessed data.
| Category | Tools & Libraries |
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| Backend | Node.js, Express.js |
| Database | MongoDB |
| Authentication | JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Firebase Auth (optional integration) |
| Environment | dotenv (environment variables) |
| Security | cors, bcrypt (password hashing - optional) |
| Error Handling | Express middleware for centralized error responses |
| API Testing | Postman |
| Version Control | Git, GitHub |
| Deployment | Vercel |