Findify App is a web application designed to help users find their lost items or upload items they find to help others.

• User Authentication: Users can create accounts and log in to the website.
• View Lost Items: Authenticated users can view all published posts about lost items.
• Contact the Finder: If a user finds their lost item listed on the website, they can click on "Contact the Finder" to open an email template to contact the person who found the item.
• Report Unauthenticated Finders: Users can report unauthenticated finders, which will be reviewed by the admin.
• Create New Posts: Users who found lost items can create new posts to inform others about the found item.
• Track Found Items: When a lost item is found and returned to its owner, the post about the lost item is automatically marked as "Item Found" and removed.
• Admin Panel: The admin can log in to manage unauthenticated users, confirm their authenticity, and remove them from the system along with their posts.

• Node.js: Backend server environment.
• Express.js: Web application framework for Node.js.
• MongoDB: NoSQL database for storing user data and posts.
• Mongoose: MongoDB object modeling tool for Node.js.
• Bootstrap: Frontend framework for building responsive and mobile-first websites.
• EJS (Embedded JavaScript): Templating engine for - generating HTML markup with JavaScript.
• JWT (JSON Web Tokens): Authentication mechanism for securing API endpoints.
• bcrypt: Library for hashing passwords before storing them in the database.
• dotenv: Library for loading environment variables from a .env file.
• express-validator: Middleware for validating incoming request data.
• cors: Middleware for enabling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in Express.js. jsonwebtoken: Library for generating and verifying JSON Web Tokens.
• jwt-decode: Library for decoding JSON Web Tokens on the client-side.
• multer: Middleware for handling multipart/form-data, primarily used for file uploads.

• GET /: Get all published posts about lost items.
• Get /login: Render Login Page.
• Get /signup:Render Register Page.
• GET /admin: Get unauthenticated users (for admin only).

• POST /signup: Register a new user.
• POST /login: Login existing users.
• POST /logout: User logout and Remove Token.
• POST /items: Create a new post about a found item.

• Put /users/:id: Report an unauthenticated finder.
• Put /items/:itemId: Mark this item as delivered to his owner.

• DELETE /admin/:userId: Remove a user and their posts from the system (for admin only).

• Get /items/:id: Get item by id.

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/asmaa-elfatayry/Findify-App.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd findlostthings-app

3. Install dependencies:

npm install

4. Set up environment variables:

Create a .env file in the root directory and define the following variables:

PORT=8000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

5. Start the server:

npm start

Feel free to contribute to this project by submitting pull requests.

© Asmaa-Elfatayry - [2024]