Project Title

Photo upload app

Description

This is a REST API application for uploading files to either a local server or to the cloud using Cloudinary. It provides endpoints for uploading images and getting a list of uploaded images.

Used Technologies

In this build, I used Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Mongoose, TypeScript, Morgan, Dotenv, Express-FileUpload, Cloudinary.

How to install

Download and run npm install, then create a .env file at the root of the project and set the following environment variables:

PORT=
MONGO_URI=
IMAGE_MAX_SIZE=

if you want to upload images on Cloudinary in additon create this environment variables:

CLOUD_NAME=
CLOUD_API_KEY=
CLOUD_API_SECRET=

Mongo uri example:

MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://giorgi:[email protected]/yourDatabaseName?retryWrites=true&w=majority

then run npm start.

API Reference

important

If you want to save photos in your local server go to api->routes->productRoutes.ts->uncomment commented code lines, and comment out the line of code responsible for saving the photo in the Cloudinary.

Uploads

Upload Image to Local Server or Cloudinary

  POST /api/v1/products/uploads

Parameter	Type	Description
image	File	Required. Photo that you want to upload

Products

   POST /api/v1/products

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	Required. Name of your product
price	number	Required. Price of your product
image	string	Required. Image of your product

Get All Products

  GET /api/v1/products

Returns a list of all products.