letjoel / back-myimages

Imagine (Backend API)

Favourite images app developed with React and Nest js.

Description

Backend Rest Api that serves an image CRUD for the frontend application. The images are stored on the server and served as static files through an endpoint. Images are saved in a MongoDB with title, url and id.

Technology used

Nest framework using TypeScript and Mongoose (MongoDB)

Documentation

Check documentation with Swagger, just browse to: {localhost:port}/docs

Installation

$ npm install

Running the app

# development
$ npm run start

# watch mode
$ npm run start:dev

# production mode
$ npm run start:prod

Test

# unit tests
$ npm run test

# e2e tests
$ npm run test:e2e

# test coverage
$ npm run test:cov

Next Setps

The application can be scaled by introducing functionalities such as login, multiple selection, image cropping or color editing. It could also be linked to a cloud service to avoid storing images on the same API server.

Stay in touch

• Author - Joel