Book Club System

A social platform designed for book lovers. This system allows users to create and join book clubs, discuss books, write reviews, and share their thoughts through blog posts.

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✨ Key Features

• 👥 User Management: Registration, login, profile management, and a role-based system (USER, ADMIN).
• 🔐 Secure Authentication: Robust authentication using JWT (Access and Refresh tokens).
• 📚 Book Clubs: Users can create clubs based on their interests or join existing ones.
• 📖 Books & Reviews: Add books to clubs, leave reviews with a 5-star rating system.
• 💬 Nested Comments: Hierarchical (nested) comments for reviews and blog posts, allowing for threaded discussions.
• ✍️ Blog Platform: Users can write and publish their own articles with #hashtags and images.
• 🛡️ CSRF Protection: Secures POST, PUT, DELETE requests using csurf.
• 🖼️ File Uploads: Image uploading functionality for blog posts, handled by multer.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Component       Technology
Backend         Node.js, Express.js
Database        PostgreSQL
ORM             Sequelize
Frontend        EJS (Embedded JavaScript), Express EJS Layouts
Authentication  JWT (jsonwebtoken), csurf
File Uploads    multer
Development     nodemon

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites Node.js PostgreSQL Step-by-Step Guide Clone from repository

git clone https://github.com/Tillayevxusniddin/book-club-system.git
cd book-club-system

Install Dependies

npm install

Create .env file

DATABASE_URL=postgres://YOUR_USER:YOUR_PASSWORD@localhost:5432/YOUR_DATABASE
PORT=3000
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=YOUR_REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET
ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRY=15m
REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY=7d
SESSION_SECRET=YOUR_SESSION_SECRET

Database Configuration (config/config.json)

{
"development": {
    "username": "your_user",
    "password": "your_password",
    "database": "your_database",
    "host": "localhost",
    "dialect": "postgres"
},
"test": {
    "username": "your_user",
    "password": "your_password",
    "database": "your_database",
    "host": "localhost",
    "dialect": "postgres"
},
"production": {
    "username": "your_user",
    "password": "your_password",
    "database": "your_database",
    "host": "localhost",
    "dialect": "postgres"
}
}

Creating and configuring a database

npm run migrate
npm run seed

Run the Project

npm run dev

Open page: http://localhost:3000

📁 Project Structure

```
.
├── config/         # Database configuration (config.json)
├── controllers/    # Business logic
├── middleware/     # Custom middlewares (auth, CSRF, upload)
├── migrations/     # Database migrations
├── models/         # Sequelize models and associations
├── public/         # Static files (CSS, JS, images)
├── routes/         # API endpoints
├── views/          # EJS templates (pages)
│   ├── layouts/
│   └── partials/
├── .env            # Environment variables
├── app.js          # Main Express application file
└── package.json    # Project dependencies and scripts

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📬 Contact

Xusniddin Tillayev – [email protected]

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Tillayevxusniddin/BookClub