QUICK_START.md

🚀 Quick Start - Secured Backend

⚡ Get Running in 3 Steps

1. Install New Dependencies

npm install

2. Update .env File

Make sure your .env has these minimum requirements:

MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/deenbridge
JWT_SECRET=deenbridge-super-secret-key-minimum-32-characters-long
NODE_ENV=development
PORT=5000

3. Start Server

npm run dev

You should see:

✅ Environment variables validated successfully
✅🌿 MongoDB connected successfully
🚀🕌 DeenBridge API running on port 5000

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📁 Logs Directory

Logs will be auto-created in /logs:

logs/
├── error-2025-10-24.log
├── combined-2025-10-24.log
└── http-2025-10-24.log

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🧪 Test It Works

# Health check
curl http://localhost:5000/ping

# Try login (will be rate limited after 5 attempts)
curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/api/auth/login \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email":"test@test.com","password":"test"}'

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🔍 Monitor Logs

# Watch all logs
tail -f logs/combined-*.log

# Watch errors only
tail -f logs/error-*.log

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That's it! Your secure backend is running! ✨