Blood Donation Platform

A full-stack web application for managing blood donations, donor appointments, requests, analytics, and payments. Built with React (frontend) and Node.js/Express/MongoDB (backend).

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Features

• User and Admin authentication (JWT-based)
• Donor registration and profile management
• Appointment scheduling and rescheduling
• Blood request creation and fulfillment
• Admin dashboard with analytics and audit logs
• Feedback system
• Stripe payment integration for donations
• Email notifications
• Secure, rate-limited, and CORS-enabled backend

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Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, Vite, Context API, Axios
• Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Mongoose
• Payments: Stripe
• Other: Multer (file uploads), JWT, CORS, dotenv

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Project Structure

Blood Donation/
  ├── Backend/                # Node.js/Express/MongoDB backend
  └── blood-donation-frontend/ # React frontend

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v16+ recommended)
• MongoDB (local or Atlas)
• Stripe account (for payments)

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/RushiBg/Blood-Donation-Repo.git
cd Blood\ Donation

2. Backend Setup

cd Backend
npm install

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in Backend/ with the following:

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=your_stripe_secret_key
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=your_stripe_webhook_secret
CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:5173

Start Backend

npm start
# or
node server.js

3. Frontend Setup

cd ../blood-donation-frontend
npm install
npm run dev

The frontend will run on http://localhost:5173 by default.

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Stripe Integration

• The backend uses Stripe Checkout for payments.
• Set up a webhook endpoint in your Stripe dashboard to point to /api/payment/webhook on your backend.
• Use the webhook secret in your .env file.

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API Endpoints (Examples)

• POST /api/users/login — User login
• POST /api/admin/login — Admin login
• POST /api/users — User registration
• GET /api/appointments — List all appointments
• POST /api/appointments — Schedule appointment
• PUT /api/appointments/:id/reschedule — Reschedule appointment
• GET /api/analytics/stats — Admin analytics
• POST /api/payment/create-checkout-session — Create Stripe Checkout session
• POST /api/payment/webhook — Stripe webhook

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Contribution

1. Fork the repo
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/YourFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/YourFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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