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# Job Board API

## Description

A job board API for managing job postings and applications. This API allows users to post job listings, apply for jobs, and manage job applications using Express and Mongoose.

## Features

- **Job Management**: Create, retrieve, update, and delete job listings.
- **Application Management**: Apply for jobs and manage applications.
- **Authentication**: Secure endpoints with JWT-based authentication.
- **Data Validation**: Ensure data integrity with Zod schema validation.

## Installation

To get started with the project, clone the repository and install the dependencies:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/zobkazi/job-board-api.git
cd job-board-api
yarn install
```

Usage

Development Mode

To start the development server with live reloading, run:

yarn dev

Production Mode

To build the project and start the production server, run:

yarn build
yarn start

API Documentation

Endpoints

Create Job Listing

• Endpoint: POST /jobs
• Description: Create a new job listing.
• Request Body:

  {
    "title": "Software Engineer",
    "description": "Develop and maintain software.",
    "location": "Remote"
  }

• Response:

  {
    "id": "60c72b2f4f1a2c001f9b1e63",
    "title": "Software Engineer",
    "description": "Develop and maintain software.",
    "location": "Remote",
    "createdAt": "2024-08-18T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2024-08-18T12:00:00.000Z"
  }

Get All Job Listings

• Endpoint: GET /jobs
• Description: Retrieve a list of all job listings.
• Response:

  [
    {
      "id": "60c72b2f4f1a2c001f9b1e63",
      "title": "Software Engineer",
      "description": "Develop and maintain software.",
      "location": "Remote",
      "createdAt": "2024-08-18T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2024-08-18T12:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]

Get Job Listing by ID

• Endpoint: GET /jobs/:id
• Description: Retrieve details of a specific job listing.
• Response:

  {
    "id": "60c72b2f4f1a2c001f9b1e63",
    "title": "Software Engineer",
    "description": "Develop and maintain software.",
    "location": "Remote",
    "createdAt": "2024-08-18T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2024-08-18T12:00:00.000Z"
  }

Apply for Job

• Endpoint: POST /applications
• Description: Apply for a job listing.
• Request Body:

  {
    "jobId": "60c72b2f4f1a2c001f9b1e63",
    "applicantName": "John Doe",
    "resume": "http://example.com/resume.pdf"
  }

• Response:

  {
    "id": "60c72b2f4f1a2c001f9b1e64",
    "jobId": "60c72b2f4f1a2c001f9b1e63",
    "applicantName": "John Doe",
    "resume": "http://example.com/resume.pdf",
    "createdAt": "2024-08-18T12:00:00.000Z"
  }

Configuration

Ensure you have a .env file in the root directory with the following environment variables:

MONGO_URL=your_mongodb_connection_string
PORT=3000
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this project, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/YourFeature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/YourFeature).
5. Create a new Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contact

For any questions or feedback, please contact Zobaidul Kazi at [email protected] or visit GitHub Profile.

### Summary

- **Project Title**: Provides a brief overview of the project.
- **Description**: Explains what the project does and its benefits.
- **Features**: Lists key features of the API.
- **Installation**: Instructions to install and set up the project.
- **Usage**: How to run the project in different modes.
- **API Documentation**: Details of the API endpoints.
- **Configuration**: Information on environment variables.
- **Contributing**: Guidelines for contributing to the project.
- **License**: Licensing details.
- **Contact**: Contact information for further inquiries.

Feel free to adjust any sections to better fit your project’s specifics!