This is a newsfeed website with a fully decoupled frontend and backend. The frontend which is stored in frontend is a React app written in JavaScript. The backend which is stored in backend is written in Python using the FastAPI library.
Here are the current features of the app:
- User sign up and logins
- Ability for user to create articles
- Ability to see lists of posts and read individual articles
- Can like and favorite article if logged in
Future TODO items:
- Commenting on articles
- Need to be able to see if article is liked or favorited if logged in
- Profile page to see likes and favorites
- Ability to edit individual articles
- Ability to delete articles
Note #1: On my local environment there is a virtual environment located at /newsfeed/backend/.venv. This is where the
various libraries are installed including: pydantic, fastapi, and sqlalchemy.
Note #2: This plugin is being used in VSCode to view and edit the database: SQLite3 Editor
The database is located at /backend/database/newsfeed.sqlite
Note #3: The logic for logins and authentication on the Python side mainly came from here: OAuth2 with Password (and hashing), Bearer with JWT tokens
Note #4: Frontend is using Zustand for state management. Not particularly clear if having a store is necessary for this web app. Additionally, user auth token is being persisted in "localStorage" which is a security flaw.
Note #5: Need to look into keeping access and refresh tokens in HttpOnly cookies to close come security holes here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies
**Update: figured out HttpOnly cookies, slowly switching to that for using that as the access_token from logged in users