DigitalLogicsStudio Backend

Express and MongoDB backend for Boolforge / Digital Logics Studio. It provides health checks and JWT-based authentication endpoints for the frontend application.

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB Atlas
• Mongoose
• JWT
• bcryptjs

Project Structure

DigitalLogicsStudio-Backend/
├── src/
│   ├── config/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── utils/
│   └── app.js
├── .env.example
├── server.js
├── package.json
└── README.md

Environment

Create a local .env file from .env.example.

PORT=5000
NODE_ENV=development
CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:3000
MONGO_URI=your-mongodb-connection-string
JWT_SECRET=replace-with-a-long-random-secret
JWT_EXPIRES_IN=7d
COOKIE_EXPIRES_DAYS=7

Install and Run

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run in development:

npm run dev

Run in production mode:

npm start

Available API Routes

• GET / - backend status message
• GET /api/health - basic health check
• POST /api/auth/register - create account
• POST /api/auth/login - log in
• POST /api/auth/logout - clear auth cookie
• GET /api/auth/me - fetch current logged-in user

Authentication Notes

• Passwords are hashed with bcryptjs
• JWTs are issued by the backend
• Tokens are stored in an HTTP-only cookie
• CORS is configured to allow requests from CLIENT_URL

Notes

• .env files are ignored; .env.example remains tracked
• package-lock.json is tracked and should stay committed