🚀 iNoteBook Backend

A secure and scalable REST API for the iNoteBook application. This backend provides user authentication, note management, and MongoDB database integration using Node.js and Express.js.

✨ Features

• 🔐 User Authentication (JWT)
• 👤 User Registration & Login
• 📝 Create Notes
• 📖 Read Notes
• ✏️ Update Notes
• 🗑️ Delete Notes
• 🛡️ Protected Routes
• 🌐 RESTful API Architecture
• 📦 MongoDB Database Integration

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• JWT Authentication
• bcrypt.js
• dotenv

📂 Project Structure

backend/
├── bin/
├── middleware/
├── models/
├── routes/
├── db.js
├── app.js
├── package.json
└── .env

⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/CodeWithMSami/iNoteBook-Backend.git
cd iNoteBook-Backend

2. Install Dependencies

npm install

3. Configure Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
PORT=3000

4. Start the Server

Development:

npm run dev

Production:

npm start

🔗 API Endpoints

Authentication

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/auth/createuser	Register a new user
POST	/api/auth/login	Login user
POST	/api/auth/getuser	Get authenticated user

Notes

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/notes/fetchallnotes	Fetch all notes
POST	/api/notes/addnote	Create note
PUT	/api/notes/updatenote/:id	Update note
DELETE	/api/notes/deletenote/:id	Delete note

🔒 Authentication

Protected routes require a valid JWT token in the request header:

auth-token: YOUR_JWT_TOKEN

🚀 Future Improvements

• Email Verification
• Password Reset
• Note Categories
• File Attachments
• Rate Limiting
• API Documentation

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Feel free to fork the repository, create a feature branch, and submit a pull request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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