blog-with-node

REST API for a blog application built with Express, Sequelize, MySQL, and JWT authentication.

Stack

• Node.js
• Express
• Sequelize
• MySQL
• JWT via jose
• Password hashing with bcrypt
• Zod for request validation
• Pino for structured logging

Features

• User registration and login
• JWT-protected routes
• RBAC with roles and permissions
• Centralized request validation with Zod
• Baseline API hardening with Helmet, CORS, and compression
• Auth endpoint rate limiting for login/register
• Structured request logging with request IDs and latency
• Posts with categories and tags
• Nested comments support
• Sequelize migrations and seeders
• Docker support with run.sh

Docs

• Getting Started
• Docker Guide
• API Reference
• RBAC Guide

Quick Start

yarn install
cp .env.example .env
yarn db:migrate
yarn db:seed
yarn dev

The API starts on the port from PORT or falls back to 4000.

Project Structure

.
├── .dockerignore
├── .env.example
├── .sequelizerc
├── Dockerfile
├── README.md
├── docker-compose.yml
├── docs/
├── migrations/
├── package.json
├── run.sh
├── seeders/
├── src/
│   ├── config/
│   ├── constants/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── errors/
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── services/
│   ├── utils/
│   ├── validations/
│   ├── app.js
│   └── server.js
└── yarn.lock

Scripts

yarn dev
yarn start
yarn lint
yarn lint:fix
yarn format
yarn prepare
yarn db:migrate
yarn db:migrate:undo
yarn db:migrate:undo:all
yarn db:seed
yarn db:seed:undo:all