Social Media API

A social media API built with NestJS, GraphQL, and Redis for caching.

Features

• User authentication and authorization
• Post creation and management
• Comments and likes system
• Friends system with status tracking
• Redis caching for improved performance
• GraphQL API for flexible queries

Tech Stack

• Framework: NestJS
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Cache: Redis
• API: GraphQL
• Real time: graphql-ws, graphql-subscriptions
• Authentication: Passport-JWT

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/social-media-api.git
   cd social-media-api

2. Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following variables:

   DATABASE_URL=postgresql://ayman:social@localhost:5432/mydatabase
   REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6380
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key
   

3. Start the Docker containers:

   docker-compose up -d

4. The API will be available at:

   http://localhost:your-port/graphql