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Researchbase

A tool to notify and manage scholars

How to install this application?

1. Install node.js 
2. Install postgresql, make sure postgresql is running on port 5432
3. git clone https://github.com/tlynx538/researchbase
4. cd researchbase/sql-dumps
5. psql -f <the sql dump file name>
6. cd .. 
7. Rename sample.env to .env OR mv sample.env .env   
7. npm install    
7. npm run test // use this to actually run the application
8. Go to http://localhost:8000 to view the application

Current API routes:

GET Requests:

[GET] http://localhost:8000/guides - Shows the list of guides

[GET] http://localhost:8000/guides/type-any-number - Shows a guide by id

[GET] http://localhost:8000/scholars - Shows the list of scholars

[GET] http://localhost:8000/scholars/type-any-number - Shows a scholar by id

Example:

http://localhost:8000/guides/1

http://localhost:8000/scholars/2

POST Requests:

[POST] http://localhost:8000/guides - Adds a guide

[POST] http://localhost:8000/scholars - Adds a scholar

DELETE Requests:

[DELETE] http://localhost:8000/guides/type-any-number - Delete a guide by id

[DELETE] http://localhost:8000/scholars/type-any-number - Delete a scholar by id

Example:
http://localhost:8000/guides/1
http://localhost:8000/scholars/2

Note:

Use Postman to interact with the API requests. Add the following collection to postman link .To test the above API's
Add node.js and postgresql binaries to environment variables.

Future Upgrades: The database connection will be done remotely.

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Authorization Issue: Authenticated Scholar users can access Guides User Account

Assumed being logged in as Scholar or Guide. The User Can Access the pages mentioned in the Core Controllers(both in Guides, Scholars)
The problem lies in the following code
if(req.session.user)
This session variable contains the so-called user ID defined in the database.
Need an alternative strategy to fix this issue

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