📚 Backend Assignment - Book Management API

A RESTful API built with Node.js, Express, TypeScript, and SQLite for managing a collection of books. It supports CRUD operations and includes authentication.

🚀 Features

• Add a new book 📖
• Retrieve all books 📚
• Get details of a specific book 🔍
• Update book details ✏️
• Delete a book 🗑️
• Basic JWT authentication 🔐

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js + Express.js
• TypeScript
• SQLite (for lightweight database storage)
• JWT Authentication
• Nodemon (for auto-restart during development)

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📦 Installation & Setup

✅ Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v16+ recommended)
• npm or yarn
• SQLite (bundled with sqlite3 package)

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🚀 Step 1: Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/backend-assignment.git
cd backend-assignment

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🚀 Step 2: Install Dependencies

npm install

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🚀 Step 3: Configure Environment Variables

1. Create a .env file in the project root.
2. Add the following environment variables:

PORT=5000
JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key_here

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🚀 Step 4: Run the Project

🔹 Development Mode (with Hot Reloading)

npm run dev

🔹 Production Mode

npm run build
npm start

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🔗 API Endpoints

📌 Books API

Method	Endpoint	Description	Auth Required
POST	/api/books	Add a new book	✅ Yes
GET	/api/books	Get all books	❌ No
GET	/api/books/:id	Get book details	❌ No
PUT	/api/books/:id	Update book	✅ Yes
DELETE	/api/books/:id	Delete book	✅ Yes

🔐 Protected routes require a Basic Auth Key in the Authorization header.

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📂 Project Structure

backend-assignment/
│── src/
│   ├── config/            # Database configuration
│   ├── controllers/       # Business logic (API handlers)
│   ├── middlewares/       # Authentication middleware
│   ├── models/            # Database models
│   ├── routes/            # Express routes
│   ├── services/          # Service layer (business logic)
│   ├── utils/             # Utility functions
│   ├── server.ts          # Server entry point
│── .env                   # Environment variables
│── package.json           # Project dependencies & scripts
│── README.md              # Project documentation

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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