📂 MERN Nested Folder & Image Management App

🔑 Test Credentials

• Email: suraj@gmail.com
• Password: suraj123

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📖 Overview

This is a MERN stack web application that allows users to:

• Register and log in
• Create nested folders (like Google Drive)
• Upload images inside folders (with Cloudinary storage)
• Search images by name
• Ensure user-specific access (each user only sees their own folders & images)
• Logout securely

The project demonstrates authentication, folder/image management, and search functionality using modern web technologies.

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🚀 Features Implemented

✅ Authentication (Signup, Login, Logout) using JWT + cookies
✅ Create Nested Folders (unlimited depth like Google Drive)
✅ Upload Images with name + Cloudinary storage
✅ User-Specific Access (only see your data)
✅ Search Images by name across user-owned images
✅ Responsive UI built with Tailwind CSS
✅ Deployment Ready (frontend + backend deployed)

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React.js (Vite) – Fast build tool & frontend framework
• Tailwind CSS – Styling
• Axios – API calls
• React Router DOM – Routing

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose – Database
• JWT – Authentication
• Cookie Parser – Cookie handling
• Multer – File upload handling
• Cloudinary – Image storage