Added Validations for Add-Post & Contact-Us (#112)

server/routes/admin.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const User = require('../models/User');
 const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 const passport = require('passport');  // Added passport import
+const { validateRegistration, validatePost } = require('../validations/authValidator');
 
 const adminLayout = '../views/layouts/admin';
 const jwtSecret = process.env.JWT_SECRET;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ router.get('/add-post', authMiddleware, async (req, res) => {
       description: 'Simple Blog created with NodeJs, Express & MongoDb.',
     };
 
-    res.render('admin/add-post', { locals, layout: adminLayout });
+    res.render('admin/add-post', {locals, layout: adminLayout });
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(error);
   }
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ router.get('/add-post', authMiddleware, async (req, res) => {
  * POST /add-post
  * Admin Create New Post Route
  */
-router.post('/add-post', authMiddleware, async (req, res) => {
+router.post('/add-post', authMiddleware,validatePost, async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const token = req.cookies.token
     const newPost = new Post({
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ router.get('/edit-post/:id', authMiddleware, async (req, res) => {
  * PUT /edit-post/:id
  * Admin Update Post Route
  */
-router.put('/edit-post/:id', authMiddleware, async (req, res) => {
+router.put('/edit-post/:id', authMiddleware,validatePost, async (req, res) => {
   try {
     await Post.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params.id, {
       title: req.body.title,
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ router.get('/register',restrictAuthRouteMiddleware, (req, res) => {
 
 
 
-router.post('/register', async (req, res) => {
+router.post('/register',validateRegistration, async (req, res) => {
   const { username, password } = req.body;
 
   // Simple validation

server/routes/main.js

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ const router = express.Router();
 const Post = require('../models/Post');
 const ContactMessage = require('../models/contactMessage');
 const transporter = require('../config/nodemailerConfig');
+const { validateContact } = require('../validations/authValidator');
+
+
 /**
  * GET /
  * HOME
@@ -149,10 +152,10 @@ router.get('/contact', (req, res) => {
   });
 });
 
-router.post('/send-message', async (req, res) => {
+router.post('/send-message',validateContact ,async (req, res) => {
   const { name, email, message } = req.body;
 
-  try {
+  try {``
     // Create a new contact message
     const newMessage = new ContactMessage({ name, email, message });
     await newMessage.save();

server/validations/authValidator.js

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+const { body, validationResult } = require('express-validator');
+
+// Validation middleware for registration
+const validateRegistration = [
+  body('username')
+    .trim()
+    .isLength({ min: 3 })
+    .withMessage('Username must be at least 3 characters long')
+    .matches(/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/)
+    .withMessage('Username can only contain letters and numbers')
+    .escape(),
+
+  body('password')
+    .isLength({ min: 8 })
+    .withMessage('Password must be at least 8 characters long')
+    .matches(/\d/)
+    .withMessage('Password must contain at least one number')
+    .matches(/[!@#$%^&*]/)
+    .withMessage('Password must contain at least one special character')
+    .escape(),
+
+  // Middleware to handle validation results
+  (req, res, next) => {
+    const errors = validationResult(req);
+    if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
+      req.flash('error', errors.array()[0].msg);
+      return res.redirect('/register');
+    }
+    next();
+  }
+];
+
+// Validation middleware for posts
+const validatePost = [
+  body('title')
+  .trim()
+  .notEmpty()
+  .withMessage('Title is required')
+  .isLength({ max: 200 })
+  .withMessage('Title must not exceed 200 characters')
+  .escape(),
+
+  body('body')
+    .trim()
+    .notEmpty()
+    .withMessage('Post content is required')
+    .escape(),
+
+  body('author')
+    .trim()
+    .notEmpty()
+    .withMessage('Author name is required')
+    .escape(),
+
+  (req, res, next) => {
+    const errors = validationResult(req);
+    if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
+      res.render('admin/add-post', {message: errors });
+    }
+    next();
+  }
+];
+
+// Validation middleware for contact form
+const validateContact = [
+  body('name')
+    .trim()
+    .notEmpty()
+    .withMessage('Name is required')
+    .isLength({ max: 100 })
+    .withMessage('Name must not exceed 100 characters')
+    .escape(),
+
+  body('email')
+    .trim()
+    .notEmpty()
+    .withMessage('Email is required')
+    .isEmail()
+    .withMessage('Please provide a valid email address')
+    .normalizeEmail(),
+
+  body('message')
+    .trim()
+    .notEmpty()
+    .withMessage('Message is required')
+    .isLength({ max: 1000 })
+    .withMessage('Message must not exceed 1000 characters')
+    .escape(),
+
+  (req, res, next) => {
+    const errors = validationResult(req);
+    if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
+      return res.render('contact', {
+        currentRoute: '/contact',
+        message: errors.array()[0].msg,
+        user: req.cookies.token
+      });
+    }
+    next();
+  }
+];
+
+module.exports = {
+  validateRegistration,
+  validatePost,
+  validateContact
+};

views/admin/add-post.ejs

@@ -184,13 +184,19 @@
 
       <div class="content-right">
         <div class="blog-form-container">
+          <% if (typeof message !== 'undefined' && message.errors && message.errors.length) { %>
+            <div class="message" style="background-color: #f0a2a8; color: #000000;">
+              <% message.errors.forEach(err => { %>
+                <p><%= err.msg %></p>
+              <% }); %>
+            </div>
+          <% } %>          
           <h2>Add a New Blog</h2>
           <form class="blog-form" method="post" action="/add-post">
             <div class="form-group">
               <label for="blog-title">Blog Title</label>
               <input
-              name ="title"
-
+                name ="title"
                 type="text"
                 id="blog-title"
                 placeholder="Enter your blog title..."