Ktor Social Network Server

Overview

• This project is a backend server for a social network application, built using Ktor. It provides essential functionalities such as authentication, user management, posts, likes, subscriptions, comments, and categories.

Features

• Authentication: User login and registration with JWT authentication.
• Users: Retrieve and manage user profiles.
• Posts: Create, read, update, and delete posts.
• Likes: Like/unlike posts.
• Subscriptions: Follow/unfollow users.
• Comments: Add and retrieve comments on posts.
• Categories: Categorize posts into different topics.

Dependencies

Database:

• PostgreSQL (org.postgresql:postgresql)
• H2 Database (com.h2database:h2)
• Exposed ORM (org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed-core, org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed-jdbc)
• HikariCP for connection pooling (com.zaxxer:HikariCP)

Ktor Server:

• Netty server (io.ktor:ktor-server-netty-jvm)
• Core Ktor functionalities (io.ktor:ktor-server-core-jvm)
• Serialization (io.ktor:ktor-serialization-kotlinx-json-jvm)
• Content Negotiation (io.ktor:ktor-server-content-negotiation-jvm)

Authentication:

• Ktor Auth (io.ktor:ktor-server-auth-jvm)
• JWT Authentication (io.ktor:ktor-server-auth-jwt-jvm)

Logging:

• Logback (ch.qos.logback:logback-classic)

Dependency Injection:

• Koin (io.insert-koin:koin-ktor)