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The backend is built with Node.js and Express, exposing a set of REST API endpoints for core functionalities:
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- /users: Handles user registration, login, and password reset
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- /group: Manages group creation, joining, leaving, and ownership transfer
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- /items: Supports adding, updating, and deleting inventory items
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These endpoints follow RESTful principles to ensure modularity and ease of integration. Beyond routing, the backend also implements essential business logic such as:
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- /items: Supports adding, updating, and deleting inventory items
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These endpoints follow RESTful principles to ensure modularity and ease of integration.
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Beyond routing, the backend also implements essential business logic such as:
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- Email based password verification using Nodemailer
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- Intelligent recipe requests to an external AI service
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- Calorie and BMI computations for personalized health tracking
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- Calorie and BMI computations for personalized health tracking
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**Data Layer (Database – MongoDB via Mongoose)**
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Persistent data storage is handled by MongoDB, with Mongoose used for schema validation and object modeling.
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The database structure supports the following collections:
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