This repository contains the back-end code for the recipe share website.
See front end code (https://github.com/dacowan404/recipe-share-frontend)
This website allows user to create account, login/logout, and update passwords. It also allows users to view, create, edit and delete recipes. The goal of this website is for recipes to be easily shared with other in a format that make viewing the ingredients and step clear and not burying underneath paragraphs of text.
The website was created used a MERN stack. This repository contains the front-end code and is created using React and Javascript. The front-end sends requests to the back-end. The backend is a REST API which was created using Express.js and Node.js. The backend takes the request and if necessary verifies the identity of the user using a web token and then queries/updates MongoDB Atlas. The backend then send data back to the front-end which is then rendered on the webpage.
Earlier versions of this website were stored in a single repository (https://github.com/dacowan404/recipe-share)