🏥 Clinic Management Backend Web API

This is a .NET 9 Web API for managing a clinic's appointments and users, built with RESTful endpoints and JWT authentication.

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🚀 Features

🔹 Slots Module

• GET /Slots/doctors/{docId}/slots
  Get available appointment slots for a specific doctor.

• POST /Slots/book
  Book an appointment slot.

• DELETE /Slots/{id}
  Delete an appointment slot by ID.

• GET /Slots/{id}/slotinfo
  Get detailed information about a specific slot.

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🔹 Users Module

• GET /user
  Retrieve a list of all users.

• GET /user/doctors/{id}
  Get information about a specific doctor.

• POST /users/register
  Register a new user (patient or doctor).

• POST /users/login
  Authenticate and obtain a JWT token for secure access.

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🔐 Authentication

• The API uses JWT (JSON Web Token) for secure user authentication.
• After login, use the token in the Authorization header as Bearer {token}.

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🛠️ Technologies

• .NET 9
• ASP.NET Core Web API
• Entity Framework Core (with SQLite or any relational DB)
• JWT Authentication
• Docker-ready (for deployment)

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🐳 Docker Support

• A Dockerfile is included to containerize the API.
• To build and run:

  docker build -t clinic-api .
  docker run -p 5000:5000 clinic-api
  
  

• Update your connection strings if using SQLite with Docker volume.

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📂 Project Structure

ClinicAPI/
├── Controllers/
│   ├── SlotsController.cs
│   └── UsersController.cs
├── Authorization/
├── Dtos/
|   ├── Users
|   └── FilterParams
├── Entities
├── Services
├── Helpers
├── Program.cs
├── Startup.cs
├── appsettings.json
├── Dockerfile
└── README.md

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🔗 Endpoints Overview

Module	Endpoint	Method
Slots	/Slots/doctors/{docId}/slots	GET
	/Slots/book	POST
	/Slots/{id}	DELETE
	/Slots/{id}/slotinfo	GET
Users	/user	GET
	/user/doctors/{id}	GET
	/users/register	POST
	/users/login	POST

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📝 Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/clinic-api.git
   cd clinic-api

2. Restore dependencies

   dotnet restore

3. Run the app

   dotnet run

4. Use Postman or Swagger to test the API endpoints.

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📌 Notes

• This project is a work in progress; feel free to contribute!
• Supports Docker for easy deployment and SQLite for lightweight DB.

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📢 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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Enjoy managing your clinic with this lightweight API! 😊