FakedIn Application

Overview

This project is the server-side implementation of a LinkedIn-like application developed as part of the advanced programming course at Amirkabir University. It uses the MVC design pattern and a MySQL database, and is written using Java HttpServer.

Features

User Management

• User Signup: Create a new user account (/signup).
• User Login: Authenticate and login a user (/login).

User Profile

• View User Profile: Retrieve user profile by email (/user).
• View All Users: Retrieve all user profiles (/users).
• View User Skills: Retrieve user skills by email (/user/skill).
• View User Education: Retrieve the latest education entry for a user by email (/user/education).
• View All User Educations: Retrieve all education entries for a user by email (/user/educations).
• View User Contact Information: Retrieve user contact information by email (/user/contact).
• Update User Profile: Update user profile information (/profile/update).
• Update User Skills: Update user skills (/profile/update/skill).
• Add User Education: Add a new education entry for a user (/profile/add/education).
• Update User Education: Update an existing education entry for a user (/profile/update/education).
• Update User Contact Information: Update user contact information (/profile/update/contact).
• Change Contact Visibility: Change the visibility of user contact information (/profile/contact/visibility).

Media Management

• View User Avatar: Retrieve user avatar by email (/user/avatar).
• View User Background: Retrieve user background by email (/user/background).
• Update User Avatar: Update user avatar (/upload-avatar).
• Update User Background: Update user background (/upload-background).
• View Post Media: Retrieve media for a specific post by post ID (/post/media).
• Add Media to Post: Add media to an existing post (/posts/add-media).
• Send Media in Chat: Send media in chat (/send-file).
• View Chat Media: Retrieve chat media by unique file identifier (/chat-media).

Posts and Feeds

• View All Posts: Retrieve all posts in the feed (/posts/feeds).
• View Post by ID: Retrieve a specific post by post ID (/post).
• View User Posts: Retrieve all posts made by a user by email (/posts).
• View Last Post: Retrieve the latest post made by a user (/lastPost).
• Add Post: Create a new post (/posts/add).
• Update Post: Update an existing post (/posts/update).
• Delete Post: Delete an existing post (/posts/delete).

Post Interactions

• Like a Post: Like a post by post ID (/posts/like).
• Dislike a Post: Dislike a post by post ID (/posts/dislike).
• Check if Post is Liked: Check if a post is liked by post ID (/posts/isLiked).
• View Post Likes: Retrieve all likes for a post by post ID (/posts/likes).

Comments

• View Post Comments: Retrieve all comments for a post by post ID (/posts/comments).
• Add Comment to Post: Add a comment to a post by post ID (/posts/add-comment).
• Update Comment: Update an existing comment by comment ID (/posts/update-comment).
• Delete Comment: Delete an existing comment by comment ID (/posts/delete-comment).

Search

• Search Users: Search users based on a query (/search).
• Search Users by Skill: Search users based on skill (/search/skill).

Connections

• Check Follow Status: Check if a user follows another user by email (/hasFollowed).
• View Followers: Retrieve all followers for a user by email (/followers).
• View Followings: Retrieve all followings for a user by email (/followings).
• Follow User: Follow a user by email (/follow).
• Unfollow User: Unfollow a user by email (/unfollow).

Connections and Networking

• View Connections: Retrieve all connections for a user by email (/connections).
• View Received Connection Requests: Retrieve all received connection requests for a user (/connections/receiver).
• View Sent Connection Requests: Retrieve all sent connection requests for a user (/connections/sender).
• View Pending Connections: Retrieve all pending connections for a user (/connections/pending).
• Check if Connection is Accepted: Check if a connection is accepted (/connect/isAccepted).
• Send Connection Request: Send a connection request to another user (/send-connect).
• Accept Connection Request: Accept a connection request by receiver email and sender query email (/accept-connection).
• Decline Connection Request: Decline a connection request by receiver email and sender query email (/decline-connection).

Messaging

• View Chats: Retrieve all chats for a user (/chats).
• View Chat with User: Retrieve chat with a specific user by email (/user/chat).
• Send Message: Send a message to a user (/send-message).

Notifications

• View Notifications: Retrieve all notifications for a user by email (/notifications).
• Add Notification: Add a new notification (/add-notification).

Technologies Used

• Java HttpServer
• MVC Design Pattern
• MySQL Database

Installation

Prerequisites

• Java Development Kit (JDK) installed
• MySQL Server installed and running

Step 1: Clone the Repository

First, clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/Estaheri7/AP-P-LinkedIn.git
cd your-repository

Step 2: Configure the Database Connection

1. Open the SQLConnection.java file located at src/com/example/server/database_conn/.
2. Update the following fields with your MySQL server details:

private static final String URL = "jdbc:mysql://host:port/database";
private static final String USER = "username";
private static final String PASSWORD = "password";

Replace host, port, database, username, and password with your MySQL server details.