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# MERN Stack Backend Repository

## 🚀 Introduction
This repository contains the backend code for a **MERN stack application**, built using **Node.js** and **Express.js**, with **MongoDB** as the database.

## 📌 Features
- **Authentication & Authorization** (JWT-based)
- **CRUD Operations** (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
- **MongoDB Connection** using Mongoose
- **RESTful API** for frontend communication
- **Validation & Error Handling**
- **Middleware Implementation** (Logging, Security, etc.)
- **Environment Variables** support using `.env`

## 🛠️ Tech Stack
- **Node.js** - JavaScript Runtime
- **Express.js** - Backend Framework
- **MongoDB & Mongoose** - Database & ODM
- **JSON Web Token (JWT)** - Authentication
- **dotenv** - Environment Variables
- **Cors** - Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

## 🔧 Installation & Setup
### Clone the Repository:
```sh
git clone
cd backend-folder
```

### Install Dependencies:
```sh
npm install
```

### Setup Environment Variables:
Create a `.env` file in the root and configure:
```
PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=
JWT_SECRET=
```

### Run the Server:
```sh
npm start
```
or for **development** with **nodemon**:
```sh
npm run dev
```

## 📡 API Endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|-----------------|-------------------|
| GET | `/api/users` | Fetch all users |
| POST | `/api/users` | Create a user |
| PUT | `/api/users/:id` | Update user |
| DELETE | `/api/users/:id` | Delete user |

## 📚 Folder Structure
```
backend/
│── config/ # Database connection & env configs
│── controllers/ # API Logic
│── middleware/ # Auth & Logging Middleware
│── models/ # MongoDB Models
│── routes/ # API Routes
│── utils/ # Helper Functions
│── server.js # Entry Point
```

## 🚀 Deployment
### Deploy to **Heroku**, **Vercel**, or **Render**
1. **Add a Procfile for Heroku**:
```
web: node server.js
```

2. **Push code to GitHub**:
```sh
git add .
git commit -m "Deploy-ready commit"
git push origin main
```

3. **Set environment variables in the host** (Heroku/Vercel/Render)

4. **Deploy using CLI or Web Interface**

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## 📜 License
This project is **MIT Licensed**. You are free to use, modify, and distribute.

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