Backend - Task Pro API

Directory Structure

src/
├── config/               # Configuration files
│   ├── db.js             # Database connection
│   ├── cloudinary.js     # Cloudinary setup
│   └── email.js          # Email service setup
├── controllers/          # Request handlers
│   ├── authController.js
│   ├── boardController.js
│   ├── cardController.js
│   ├── columnController.js
│   └── userController.js
├── middlewares/          # Middleware functions
│   ├── authMiddleware.js
│   ├── errorMiddleware.js
│   └── validationMiddleware.js
├── models/               # Mongoose models
│   ├── User.js
│   ├── Board.js
│   ├── Column.js
│   ├── Card.js
│   └── Session.js
├── routes/               # API routes
│   ├── authRoutes.js
│   ├── boardRoutes.js
│   ├── cardRoutes.js
│   ├── columnRoutes.js
│   └── userRoutes.js
├── services/             # External services
│   ├── cloudinaryService.js
│   ├── emailService.js
│   └── websocketService.js
├── utils/                # Utility functions
│   ├── validators.js
│   ├── helpers.js
│   └── logger.js
└── app.js                # Express application setup

Getting Started

Installation

npm install

Configuration

Create a .env file in the root directory based on .env.example.

Development

npm run dev

Testing

npm test

Production

npm start

API Documentation

API documentation is available at /api/docs when the server is running.

Authentication

The API uses JWT token-based authentication. Include the token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer [your-token]

Environment Variables

• PORT: Server port (default: 5000)
• MONGO_URI: MongoDB connection string
• JWT_SECRET: Secret for JWT signing
• JWT_EXPIRES_IN: JWT expiration time
• CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME: Cloudinary cloud name
• CLOUDINARY_API_KEY: Cloudinary API key
• CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET: Cloudinary API secret
• EMAIL_HOST: SMTP host for email service
• EMAIL_PORT: SMTP port
• EMAIL_USER: SMTP username
• EMAIL_PASS: SMTP password
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: Google OAuth client ID
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET: Google OAuth client secret