Discord Community Website — Backend

Backend for a Discord community website built as a backend-focused learning project using FastAPI and MongoDB Atlas.

The project includes authentication, JWT handling, protected admin routes, quote management, and crew member data handling.

Features

• JWT Authentication
• Password Hashing
• Secure Cookie-Based Auth
• Session-Based Login Attempt Tracking
• Account Blocking After Multiple Failed Attempts
• Quote Posting & Deletion
• Crew/Admin Protected Routes
• MongoDB Atlas Integration
• Automatic JWT Validation
• Tamper & Expiry Detection

Tech Stack

• FastAPI
• Pydantic
• MongoDB Atlas
• JWT Authentication
• Python Sessions
• Password Hashing
• Render Deployment

Authentication Flow

• User logs in through admin panel
• Password is verified using hashing
• JWT token is generated with 15-minute expiry
• Token is stored securely in cookies
• auth_check route validates JWT automatically
• Invalid or expired tokens result in automatic cookie deletion
• Sessions track failed login attempts
• Account gets temporarily blocked after 3 wrong attempts

Security Features

• JWT expiry system
• HTTP cookie authentication
• SameSite=None cookie configuration for frontend-backend communication
• Password hashing
• Session-based brute-force protection
• Automatic invalid token cleanup

Database

MongoDB Atlas is used for:

• Admin credentials
• Quotes storage
• Crew member data

API Functionalities

Auth

• Login
• Logout
• JWT validation
• Session tracking

Quotes

• Add quote
• Delete quote
• Fetch quotes

Crew

• Crew member data
• Instagram links
• Avatar storage

Deployment

• Frontend deployed on Vercel
• Backend deployed on Render

Cross-origin authentication was handled using secure cookie configuration with SameSite=None.

Project Goal

This project was primarily created as a backend learning project focused on:

• authentication systems
• API security
• JWT handling
• cookie-based auth
• database integration

The frontend was intentionally kept simple and AI-assisted so development focus could remain on backend engineering and functionality.

Project Architecture

Frontend:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• AI-assisted UI development
• Hosted on Vercel

Backend:

• FastAPI
• Pydantic
• MongoDB Atlas
• JWT Authentication
• Hosted on Render