Reward Gitters Backend

A Go-based REST API for Reward Gitters — a platform that helps developers discover open-source projects based on their skills and preferred programming languages. Users can also explore other developers in the community and receive rewardss.

Features

• Discover open-source projects filtered by skills and languages
• Browse and connect with other developers
• GitHub OAuth authentication
• Set EVM wallet address for receiving rewards
• Redis caching for fast search performance
• Clean layered architecture

Tech Stack

• Backend: Go
• Database: MongoDB
• Cache: Redis
• Architecture: Controllers, Services, Models, Routes, Middlewares

Project Structure

reward-gitters-back/
  ├── app/           # Core application logic
  ├── controllers/   # HTTP request handlers
  ├── database/      # MongoDB and Redis connections
  ├── middlewares/   # Authentication and other middlewares
  ├── models/        # Data models
  ├── routes/        # API route definitions
  ├── main.go
  ├── .air.toml      # Live reload configuration
  └── go.mod

How to Run Locally

Prerequisites

• Go 1.21+
• MongoDB (local or Atlas)
• Redis server

Steps

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/DevMukhtarr/reward-gitters-back.git
   cd reward-gitters-back
   

2. Install dependenciesbash go mod tidy

3. Create a .env file in the root with your configuration

PORT=8080
MONGO_LOCAL_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017
JWT_SECRET=your_super_secret_key
GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
REDIS_ADDRESS=localhost:6379
REDIS_PASSWORD=
REDIS_DB=0

4. Run the applicationWith live reload (recommended): air

Without live reload: go run main.go