🚀 Project Camp Backend

A powerful and scalable Project Management Backend API built with the MERN stack ecosystem. Designed to support team collaboration, task management, and role-based access control with production-ready architecture.

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🧠 Overview

Project Camp Backend is a RESTful API that enables teams to:

• Manage projects efficiently
• Assign and track tasks & subtasks
• Collaborate with team members
• Maintain structured project notes
• Ensure secure authentication & authorization

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✨ Features

🔐 Authentication & Authorization

• JWT-based authentication (Access + Refresh Tokens)
• Email verification system
• Forgot / Reset password flow
• Role-based access control (Admin, Project Admin, Member)

📁 Project Management

• Create, update, delete projects
• View project details with members
• Role-based project access

👥 Team Management

• Add/remove members via email
• Assign roles within projects
• Manage permissions dynamically

✅ Task Management

• Create tasks with descriptions & assignees
• Status tracking: Todo, In Progress, Done
• File attachments support
• Task updates & deletion

🔹 Subtasks

• Nested task structure
• Mark completion individually
• Controlled access based on roles

📝 Project Notes

• Create and manage notes
• Admin-controlled editing
• Organized project documentation

🩺 System Health

• Dedicated health check endpoint

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• JWT Authentication
• Multer (File Uploads)
• Nodemailer (Emails)

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📂 API Structure

🔑 Auth Routes

POST   /api/v1/auth/register
POST   /api/v1/auth/login
POST   /api/v1/auth/logout
GET    /api/v1/auth/current-user
POST   /api/v1/auth/change-password
POST   /api/v1/auth/refresh-token
GET    /api/v1/auth/verify-email/:token
POST   /api/v1/auth/forgot-password
POST   /api/v1/auth/reset-password/:token

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📁 Project Routes

GET    /api/v1/projects/
POST   /api/v1/projects/
GET    /api/v1/projects/:projectId
PUT    /api/v1/projects/:projectId
DELETE /api/v1/projects/:projectId

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✅ Task Routes

GET    /api/v1/tasks/:projectId
POST   /api/v1/tasks/:projectId
PUT    /api/v1/tasks/:projectId/t/:taskId
DELETE /api/v1/tasks/:projectId/t/:taskId

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📝 Notes Routes

GET    /api/v1/notes/:projectId
POST   /api/v1/notes/:projectId
PUT    /api/v1/notes/:projectId/n/:noteId
DELETE /api/v1/notes/:projectId/n/:noteId

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🩺 Health Check

GET /api/v1/healthcheck/

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🔐 Role-Based Access

Feature	Admin	Project Admin	Member
Create Project	✅	❌	❌
Manage Members	✅	❌	❌
Manage Tasks	✅	✅	❌
View Tasks	✅	✅	✅
Manage Notes	✅	❌	❌

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Yashhh25/PingMe.git
cd PingMe/backend

2️⃣ Install dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Setup environment variables

Create .env file:

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=your_secret
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=your_secret
EMAIL_USER=your_email
EMAIL_PASS=your_password

4️⃣ Run server

npm run dev

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📦 File Uploads

• Supports multiple file attachments
• Stored in public/images
• Metadata tracked (URL, type, size)

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🔒 Security Features

• JWT authentication with refresh tokens
• Role-based authorization middleware
• Input validation on all routes
• Secure file uploads
• CORS protection

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🎯 Future Improvements

• WebSocket integration for real-time updates
• Notifications system
• Activity logs
• Deployment with Docker

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👨‍💻 Author

Yash Full Stack Developer 🚀

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