README.md

Backend application for the touring website, Natours

The application is built with TypeScript, Express, MongoDB, and mongoose.

The live site can be found here.

Table of Content

• About
  • Features
  • Links
  • Documentation
  • Built With
• Author

About

Features

• The backend server is built using TypeScript and Express.
• Database used is MongoDB, connected using mongoose for better shcema definition and data validation.
• Httponly cookie and JSON Web Token are combined to delivery safer user validation.
• Security features implemented to protect against brute force attack, xss attack, DOS and query injection attack.
• Seamless payment processing with Stripe and webhooks.

Links

• This backend app is hosted live on Cyclic

Documentation

• The documentation for the APIs can be found here.

Built with

• TypeScript
• Node
• Express
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• Stripe

Author

• LinkedIn - Hangyuan Liu