Todo List Backend

This project is the backend for a Todo List application, designed to manage tasks and user accounts efficiently. It primarily focuses on RESTful API endpoints: api/users for user operations and api/tasks for task operations.

Features

User Registration and Authentication
CRUD Operations for Tasks
Task Assignment to Users
Persistent Storage for Data using MongoDB

Getting Started

Follow these instructions to get a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

You need to have the following software installed:

Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager)
MongoDB (For the database)

Installation

Steps to get your development environment running:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your_username/todo-list-backend.git

Install NPM packages:
```
npm install
```

Create a .env file in the root directory and add necessary environment variables:

PORT = 5001
CONNECTION_STRING= "your mongo uri here"
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET="secret code here"

Start the server:
```
npm run dev
```

API Endpoints

Users

POST  /api/users/register: Register a new user
POST  /api/users/login: Login a user
GET  /api/users/current: Retrieve logged in user's information

Tasks Endpoints

POST  /api/tasks: Create a new task for logged in user
GET  /api/tasks: Retrieve all tasks of logged in user
GET  /api/tasks/:id : Retrieve a specific task for logged in user
PATCH  /api/tasks/:id : Update a specific task of logged in user
PATCH  /api/tasks/complete/:id : Mark a specific task of logged in user as complete
DELETE /api/tasks/:id : Delete a specific task of logged in user

Dependencies Used

bcrypt
dotenv
express
express-async-handler
jsonwebtoken
mongoose
nodemon

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