User Schema

Field	Type	Required	Unique
_id	Mongoose.ObjectId	Yes	Yes
name	String	Yes	No
email	String	Yes	Yes
password	String	Yes	No
leetcodeUserName	String	Yes	Yes
leetcodeCookies	String	Yes	Yes
solvedProblems	[String]	Yes	No

Note: solvedProblems contains the title slug of the leetcode problem that the user has solved

Instructions to find Leetcode Session Cookies:

• Open the browser and navigate to leetcode.com.
• Right click on the page and select “Inspect”
• In the developer tools, go to the Network tab and then choose XHR.
• Click on any link on the leetcode.com page.
• Select any of the http calls in the Network tab.
• Find the Cookie attribute in the Request Headers.

For more information on how the Leetcode scrapper works, visit this website: https://jacoblin.cool/LeetCode-Query/

Problems Schema

Field	Type	Required	Unique
titleSlug	String	Yes	Yes
title	String	Yes	Yes
solvedBy	[mongoose.ObjectID]	Yes	No

Note: The solvedBy conatins array of User ID (_id) of those who have solved that particular problem

API Documentation

User Registration

Endpoint

POST /api/auth/register

Request Body

{
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "123",
  "leetcodeUserName": "john123",
  "leetcodeCookies": "leetcode_session_cookies"
}

Response

• 201 Created: User registration successful.

{
  "_id": "user_id",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "leetcodeUserName": "john123",
  "solvedProblems": []
}

User Login

Endpoint

POST /api/auth/login

Request Body

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "123"
}

Response

• 200 OK: Login successful. Returns a JWT token.

{
  "token": "your_generated_jwt_token_here"
}

Get LeetCode Leaderboard

Endpoint

GET /api/user

Authentication and Authorization

This endpoint requires a valid JWT token. Pass the token as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer your_generated_jwt_token_here

Response

• 200 OK: Successfully retrieved the leaderboard.

[
  {
    "_id": "user_id1",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "leetcodeUserName": "john123",
    "solvedProblems": ["two-sum", "reverse-integer", "palindrome-number"]
  },
  {
    "_id": "user_id2",
    "name": "Alice Smith",
    "leetcodeUserName": "alice_smith",
    "solvedProblems": ["reverse-integer", "binary-search"]
  },
  // Other users...
]

View Profile of a particular user (search by Leetcode username)

GET /api/user/:leetcodeUsername

Authentication and Authorization

This endpoint requires a valid JWT token. Pass the token as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer your_generated_jwt_token_here

Response

• 200 OK: Successfully retrieved data of the user.

{
  "name": "John Doe",
  "leetcodeUserName": "john123",
  "solvedProblems": ["two-sum", "reverse-integer", "palindrome-number"]
}

Upate Leetcode Cookies of a particular user

Endpoint

PATCH /api/auth/update-cookies

Authentication and Authorization

This endpoint requires a valid JWT token. Pass the token as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer your_generated_jwt_token_here

Request Body

{
  "leetcodeCookies": "new_leetcode_session_cookies"
}

Response

• 200 OK: Leetcode cookies update successful.

{
  "message": "Leetcode cookies updated successfully."
}

View All Problems and Users Who Solved Them

Endpoint

GET /api/problems

Authentication and Authorization

This endpoint requires a valid JWT token. Pass the token as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer your_generated_jwt_token_here

Response

• 200 OK: Successfully retrieved all problems and users who solved them.

[
  {
    "titleSlug": "two-sum",
    "title": "Two Sum",
    "solvedByUsers": [
      {
        "_id": "user_id1",
        "name": "John Doe",
        "leetcodeUserName": "john123"
      },
      {
        "_id": "user_id2",
        "name": "Alice Smith",
        "leetcodeUserName": "alice_smith"
      },
      {
        "_id": "user_id3",
        "name": "Bob Johnson",
        "leetcodeUserName": "bob_johnson"
      },
      // Other users who solved "Reverse Integer"...
    ]
  },
  {
    "titleSlug": "reverse-integer",
    "title": "Reverse Integer",
    "solvedByUsers": [
      {
        "_id": "user_id1",
        "name": "John Doe",
        "leetcodeUserName": "john123"
      },
      {
        "_id": "user_id2",
        "name": "Alice Smith",
        "leetcodeUserName": "alice_smith"
      },
      // Other users who solved "Two Sum"...
    ]
  },
  // Other problems...
]