Merge pull request #20 from tanish35/master

Added custom .json file to add more domains

backend/src/controllers/userControllers.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
 import bcrypt from "bcrypt";
 import sendMail from "../mail/sendMail";
 import { Verifier } from "academic-email-verifier";
+import checkCollegeEmail from "../mail/checkAcademic";
 
 const registerUser = asyncHandler(async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   let { email, name, password, collegeName, courseName, isOnline, location } =
@@ -24,10 +25,9 @@ const registerUser = asyncHandler(async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  const regex = /@jadavpuruniversity\.in$/;
   let isCollegeEmail;
-
-  if (regex.test(email)) {
+  
+  if (checkCollegeEmail(email)) {
     isCollegeEmail = true;
   } else {
     isCollegeEmail = await Verifier.isAcademic(email);

backend/src/mail/checkAcademic.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+
+// Get the directory name of the current module
+const __dirname = path.resolve(); // CommonJS way to get the directory path
+
+// Function to check if an email has a valid college domain
+function checkCollegeEmail(email: string): boolean {
+    const filePath = path.join(__dirname, 'emails.json');
+    const domains = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'));
+
+    // Extract the domain from the email
+    const emailDomain = email.split('@')[1];
+
+    // Check if the email domain is in the list of college domains
+    return domains.includes(emailDomain);
+}
+
+export default checkCollegeEmail;

backend/src/mail/emails.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+    "aec.edu",
+    "jadavpuruniversity.in",
+    "anothercollege.edu"
+]
+