📞 My Contact Backend API

Overview

The My Contact Backend API is a robust and scalable Express.js application designed to manage contact information efficiently. This API provides a seamless interface for users to create, read, update, and delete contact records, ensuring a smooth user experience.

📚 Table of Contents

Installation Instructions
Usage
API Endpoints
Error Handling
Contributing
License

🚀 Installation Instructions

To set up the project locally, follow these steps:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mycontact-backend.git

Navigate to the project directory:
```
cd mycontact-backend
```
Install the dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Set up your environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:
```
CONNECTION_STRING=your_mongodb_connection_string
```

🛠️ Usage

To start the server, run the following command:

npm start

The API will be accessible at http://localhost:5000.

📡 API Endpoints

The following endpoints are available in the API:

GET /api/contacts: Retrieve all contacts.
POST /api/contacts: Create a new contact.
GET /api/contacts/:id: Retrieve a specific contact by ID.
PUT /api/contacts/:id: Update a specific contact by ID.
DELETE /api/contacts/:id: Delete a specific contact by ID.

Example Request

To create a new contact, send a POST request to /api/contacts with the following JSON body:

{
  "username": "John Doe",
  "email": "john.doe@example.com"
}

Example Response

A successful response will return the created contact object:

{
  "id": "12345",
  "username": "John Doe",
  "email": "john.doe@example.com"
}

❗ Error Handling

The API employs standardized error handling. In case of an error, the API will respond with a JSON object containing the error message and status code.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you would like to contribute to this project, please follow these steps:

Fork the repository.
Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
Submit a pull request detailing your changes.

📄 License

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