Audit Log System (Backend using Express and MongoDB)

A system where user will register and login and create sites, and respective logs of those actions will be shown

This is a part of a MERN stack project written in Express with MongoDB, where a user can register, login, create/edit/delete sites and view their logs. Mongoose ODM is also used

Frontend Implementation in this repository : https://github.com/Zishan3165/audit-log-app

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• API Endpoints
• Environment Variables
• Future Works

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Zishan3165/audit-log-app-backend.git

2. Navigate to the project directory

   cd audit-log-app-backend

3. Install dependencies

   npm install

Usage

1. Start the development server

   npm start

2. The server will start on http://localhost:5000 by default.

API Endpoints

• POST /users/login - Login

• POST /users/signup - Signup

• GET /users - Get all users

• GET /api/users/:id - Get user by ID

• DELETE /api/users/:id - Delete user by ID

• POST /sites - Create a site

• GET /sites - Get all sites

• PUT /sites/:id - Replace existing site

• GET /sites/:id - Get site by ID

• DELETE /sites/:id - Delete site by ID

• POST /logs - Post a log

• GET /logs - Get all logs

• GET /logs/:id - Get log by ID

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

PORT=5000
AUDIT_SYSTEM_DATABASE_URI=your-mongodb-database-uri

Future Works

• Convert to typescript
• Add more tests