Instagram Clone - Backend

This project serves as the backend for an Instagram clone, featuring functionalities like user registration, login, post creation, liking posts, and user search.

Features

• User Authentication: Register and login functionality using Passport.js.
• Feed Display: View a feed populated with posts from various users.
• Profile Management: Edit user profiles, upload user-specific posts.
• Like Posts: Allow users to like or unlike posts.
• Search Users: Implement user search functionality.

Installation and Usage

1. Clone this repository to your local machine using git clone.
2. Navigate to the project directory.
3. Install dependencies using npm install.
4. Run the server using npm start or node index.js.

Technologies Used

• Node.js: Backend JavaScript runtime.
• Express.js: Web application framework for Node.js.
• Passport.js: Authentication middleware.
• Multer: Middleware for handling multipart/form-data.
• Mongoose: Object Data Modeling (ODM) library for MongoDB.

Endpoints

Register a User

• POST /register
• Body: { username, name, email, password }

Login User

• POST /login
• Body: { username, password }

Create a Post

• POST /upload
• Body: Multipart Form Data { image, caption }

Like/Unlike a Post

• GET /like/post/:id

Search Users

• GET /username/:username