MovieDB API 🎬

Repository: GitHub

Stack: Golang PostgreSQL Chi Router

Description

The MovieDB API is a Go-based web service that provides various endpoints for managing movie data 📽️. It interacts with a PostgreSQL database 🗃️, implements rate limiting ⏱️, handles Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) 🌐, and includes endpoints for managing movies 🎞️, users 👥, and authentication tokens 🔑. The API also includes features for user account activation via email 📧 and permission-based access control 🔒.

Features

• Authentication and Authorization 🔐: The API supports user registration and authentication. Certain endpoints are protected and require valid authentication tokens. Users can be assigned different permission levels for different operations.

• Database Connectivity 🗂️: The API interacts with a PostgreSQL database to store and retrieve movie records. It uses the database/sql package and supports database connection pooling.

• Rate Limiting 🚦: To prevent abuse and ensure fair usage, the API employs rate limiting. Requests from clients are limited based on a configurable rate and burst.

• CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) 🔄: Cross-Origin Resource Sharing is enabled to allow controlled access to the API from different origins. Trusted CORS origins can be configured.

• Email Notifications 📬: The API sends email notifications for account activation. Users receive an activation link via email to activate their accounts.

• Permission Management 🔏: Users have specific permission levels (e.g., movies:read, movies:write) for different operations. Endpoints are protected based on these permissions.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License 📜.