rashmithadesilva/restcountries_api repository overview

⁠🔴 Backend/API – restcountries-secure-api

This Dockerized backend service is the secure API for the RestCountries Secure API platform, built with Express.js using ECMAScript Modules (.mjs).

⁠🌐 Overview

The backend acts as a middleware between users and RestCountries.com, enabling secure access to country data and providing a robust user authentication system.

⁠✨ Features

• Secure Country Data Access
  Access information about countries, including:

  • Name
  • Capital
  • Currency
  • Language
  • Flag

• Full User Authentication System

  • Registration and login with password hashing
  • Secure user authentication with Passport.js

• Robust Session Management
  Session handling powered by Redis.

• Complete API Key Lifecycle
  Manage API keys with the ability to:

  • Create, regenerate, rename, and delete keys.

• Analytics Dashboards
  Admin and user dashboards to monitor activity and usage.

• Built-in Security

  • CSRF protection
  • Input validation
  • API access enforcement via keys.

• Database Support
  Supports MySQL for production and SQLite for development.

⁠🛠️ Tech Stack

• Express.js (ESM)
• Redis
• MySQL/SQLite
• Docker
• Passport.js
• Swagger (for API documentation)

⁠🚀 Deployment

Ready for deployment via Docker Compose, ensuring a streamlined and scalable deployment process for production environments.

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