🧠 TrackFlow – Issue Tracker Backend

TrackFlow is a collaborative issue tracking system built using the MERN stack. This is the backend API that powers project creation, member invites, issue management, and more.

🚀 Features

• 🔐 JWT Authentication (with cookie support)
• 👥 Project creation & member invite system
• ✅ Issue creation, update, assignment, and deletion
• 📩 Invite system with accept/reject handling
• 🧪 Clean RESTful API structure

📦 Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express
• Database: MongoDB + Mongoose
• Auth: JWT, Cookies, bcrypt
• Validation: Mongoose Schema + Manual checks
• Dev Tools: Nodemon, Postman

🛠 Setup Instructions

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/rishabhraikwar98/TrackFlow-backend

Go to the project directory

  cd TrackFlow-backend

Install dependencies

  npm install

Start the server

  npm Start

🔐 Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

PORT

MONGO_URI

JWT_SECRET

CORS_ORIGIN (Frontend URL)