FCC Quality Assurance — Issue Tracker

Express + MongoDB REST API for per-project issue tracking with functional tests, built for the FreeCodeCamp Quality Assurance certification.

Features

• POST /api/issues/:project — creates an issue bound to a project slug; requires issue_title, issue_text, created_by
• GET /api/issues/:project — lists issues for a project with optional filters (open, assigned_to, etc.)
• PUT /api/issues/:project — updates one or more fields of an existing issue by _id
• DELETE /api/issues/:project — deletes an issue by _id
• Issues are stored in MongoDB with created_on, updated_on, open status, and optional assigned_to / status_text
• Functional tests cover create, read, update, delete paths and error cases

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB / Mongoose
• Chai / Mocha

Requirements

• Node.js 16+
• MongoDB 4+
• Yarn 1.x or npm 8+

Installation

yarn install

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the project root with:

• PORT — server port (defaults to 3000)
• NODE_ENV — development | test | production
• DB_CONNECTION_URI — MongoDB connection string

Usage

yarn start

Server listens on http://localhost:3000.

Testing

NODE_ENV=test yarn start

API

• GET /api/issues/:project — list issues (filterable via query params)
• POST /api/issues/:project — create issue
• PUT /api/issues/:project — update issue
• DELETE /api/issues/:project — delete issue

Project Structure

.
├── routes/
├── tests/
├── public/
├── views/
├── db.js
├── server.js
└── package.json

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file.