📝 Notes REST API (MERN Backend Project)

This is a simple and secure Notes REST API built with Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, and JWT. It allows users to register, login, and manage personal notes securely.

🚀 Live API Base URL

👉 https://notes-rest-api-ecie.onrender.com/

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📌 API Endpoints

🧑 User Authentication

Method	Endpoint	Description	Auth Required
POST	/api/auth/register	Register a new user	❌ No
POST	/api/auth/login	Login and get a JWT token	❌ No

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📝 Notes (Protected Routes)

Method	Endpoint	Description	Auth Required
GET	/api/notes	Get all notes of logged-in user	✅ Yes
POST	/api/notes	Create a new note	✅ Yes
PUT	/api/notes/:id	Update an existing note by ID	✅ Yes
DELETE	/api/notes/:id	Delete a note by ID	✅ Yes

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📂 Sample JSON Format

➕ Register User

{
  "name": "Shiva Kumar",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "Shiva@123"
}

🔑 Login

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "Shiva@123"
}

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🔐 Auth Header for Protected Routes

{
  "token": "your-jwt-token"
}

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💾 Sample Data

👤 Users

[
  {
    "_id": "64ee2b71a889ab98d1f001a1",
    "name": "Shiva Kumar",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password": "$2a$10$fakehashedpassword1"
  },
  {
    "_id": "64ee2b71a889ab98d1f001a2",
    "name": "Rahul Mehta",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password": "$2a$10$fakehashedpassword2"
  }
]

📝 Notes

[
  {
    "title": "React Roadmap",
    "content": "Learn JSX, hooks, context, and routing.",
    "userId": "64ee2b71a889ab98d1f001a1"
  },
  {
    "title": "MongoDB Setup",
    "content": "Finish MongoDB Atlas setup and link to backend.",
    "userId": "64ee2b71a889ab98d1f001a1"
  },
  {
    "title": "Git Commands",
    "content": "git init, add, commit, push basics",
    "userId": "64ee2b71a889ab98d1f001a2"
  }
]

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✅ Recent Update

🟢 Commit: Added / route to display all notes and users in root path
🗓️ Date: July 31, 2025
🔗 Endpoint: GET /

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB with Mongoose
• Auth: JWT-based authentication
• Hosting: Render (Node API hosting)
• Tools: Postman, MongoDB Compass, dotenv

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👨‍💻 Developer

Name: Shiva Kumar
Email: [email protected]
GitHub: shivakumargattu

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