Book Management API

This is a simple RESTful API for managing books, providing functionalities like user authentication, CRUD operations for managing book entries, filtering books by author or publication year, and basic security measures.

Setup

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone <repository_url>
   

2. Install Dependencies:

   npm install
   

Usage

1. Running the server

   npm start
   

2. Authentication
   To authenticate, send a POST request to /auth/login with the following JSON payload:

   {
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "admin123"
   }

   You will receive a JWT token which should be included in the headers of subsequent requests.

3. Endpoints

   GET /books - Get all books.
   GET /books/author/:author - Get books by author.
   GET /books/year/:year - Get books by publication year.
   POST /books - Add a new book (Requires authentication).
   PUT /books/:id - Update a book (Requires authentication).
   DELETE /books/:id - Delete a book (Requires authentication).

   Example Usage:

   curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/books
   
   curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/books \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <your_jwt_token>" \
     -d '{"title": "New Book", "author": "New Author", "publicationYear": 2023}'

4. Data Storage
   Books data is stored in books.json file at the root directory. Sample data is given as below:

   [
    {
     "id": 1,
     "title": "Book 1",
     "author": "Author 1",
     "publicationYear": 2020
    },
    {
     "id": 2,
     "title": "Book 2",
     "author": "Author 2",
     "publicationYear": 2019
    }
   ]