backend-contact-form-api

Backend API for contact form submissions and admin read panel using JWT and HttpOnly cookies.

Features

• Public contact form submission API
• Admin register
• Admin login
• Admin logout
• Get all contact submissions
• Get single contact submission
• Update contact submission status
• Delete contact submission
• Protected admin routes
• JWT authentication
• HttpOnly cookie based auth
• MongoDB with Mongoose

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• JWT
• bcryptjs
• cookie-parser

Environment Variables

Create a .env file:

PORT=1204
MONGO_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/backend_contact_form_api
JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key
NODE_ENV=development

Install

npm install

Run

npm run dev

API Endpoints

Auth

• POST /api/auth/register
• POST /api/auth/login
• POST /api/auth/logout

Contacts

• POST /api/contacts
• GET /api/contacts
• GET /api/contacts/:id
• PUT /api/contacts/:id/status
• DELETE /api/contacts/:id

Contact Fields

• name
• email
• subject
• message
• status → new, read, resolved

Notes

• Public users can only submit the contact form
• Only admin can read and manage submissions
• Authentication via HttpOnly cookies
• Use withCredentials: true in frontend

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