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spotlightcam/backend
Radosław Gierwiało 7a2f6d07ec feat: add email verification, password reset, and WSDC integration (Phase 1.5)
Backend features:
- AWS SES email service with HTML templates
- Email verification with dual method (link + 6-digit PIN code)
- Password reset workflow with secure tokens
- WSDC API proxy for dancer lookup and auto-fill registration
- Extended User model with verification and WSDC fields
- Email verification middleware for protected routes

Frontend features:
- Two-step registration with WSDC ID lookup
- Password strength indicator component
- Email verification page with code input
- Password reset flow (request + reset pages)
- Verification banner for unverified users
- Updated authentication context and API service

Testing:
- 65 unit tests with 100% coverage of new features
- Tests for auth utils, email service, WSDC controller, and middleware
- Integration tests for full authentication flows
- Comprehensive mocking of AWS SES and external APIs

Database:
- Migration: add WSDC fields (firstName, lastName, wsdcId)
- Migration: add email verification fields (token, code, expiry)
- Migration: add password reset fields (token, expiry)

Documentation:
- Complete Phase 1.5 documentation
- Test suite documentation and best practices
- Updated session context with new features
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spotlight.cam Backend

Node.js + Express backend for spotlight.cam - P2P video exchange app for dance events.

Features

  • Express REST API
  • CORS enabled
  • Health check endpoint
  • Error handling
  • Unit tests (Jest + Supertest)
  • PostgreSQL integration (planned)
  • JWT authentication (planned)
  • Socket.IO for real-time chat (planned)
  • WebRTC signaling (planned)

API Endpoints

Health Check

  • GET /api/health - Backend health status

Future Endpoints

  • POST /api/auth/register - Register new user
  • POST /api/auth/login - Login user
  • GET /api/users/me - Get current user
  • GET /api/events - List events
  • POST /api/matches - Create match
  • POST /api/ratings - Rate partner

Development

Install dependencies

npm install

Run in development mode

npm run dev

Run tests

npm test

Run tests in watch mode

npm run test:watch

Run in production mode

npm start

Environment Variables

Create a .env file (see .env.example):

NODE_ENV=development
PORT=3000
CORS_ORIGIN=http://localhost:8080

Project Structure

backend/
├── src/
│   ├── __tests__/          # Unit tests
│   │   └── app.test.js
│   ├── routes/             # API routes (future)
│   ├── controllers/        # Business logic (future)
│   ├── middleware/         # Custom middleware (future)
│   ├── utils/              # Helper functions (future)
│   ├── app.js              # Express app setup
│   └── server.js           # Server entry point
├── .env                    # Environment variables (gitignored)
├── .env.example            # Environment variables template
├── package.json
└── Dockerfile

Testing

Tests are written using:

  • Jest - Test framework
  • Supertest - HTTP assertions

Run tests:

npm test

Current test coverage:

  • Health check endpoint
  • 404 error handling
  • CORS configuration
  • JSON body parsing

Docker

Build and run with Docker Compose (from project root):

docker compose up --build

Backend will be available at:

Next Steps

  1. Basic Express setup
  2. Health check endpoint
  3. Unit tests
  4. PostgreSQL connection
  5. Database schema and migrations
  6. Authentication (JWT + bcrypt)
  7. Socket.IO for real-time chat
  8. WebRTC signaling

License

TBD