🌍 Places - Backend

Welcome to the Places backend repository. This project is a travel website backend built with Express and Node.js that handles user authentication, photo uploads, and CRUD operations for places.

✨ Features

• User Authentication: Secure authentication using JWT tokens.
• CRUD Operations: Handles creating, reading, updating, and deleting places.
• Image Upload: Supports image upload using file-picker local storage with comprehensive error handling on both the server and client sides.
• Geolocation: Integrates with Google Maps Geolocation API to convert manually written addresses to coordinates.

🛠 Technologies Used

• 🚀 Express
• 🌐 Node.js
• 🗄 MongoDB
• 🔐 JWT for authentication
• 📍 Google Maps Geolocation API

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (version 14.x or later)
• npm (version 6.x or later)
• MongoDB (version 4.x or later)

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/RayLikesAnime/Places_Backend.git
   cd Places_Backend

2. Install dependencies

   npm install

3. Set up Environment Variables

   MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

4. Run the Development Server

   npm start

🌐Live Demo

Check out the live demo of the project https://places-d2w7.onrender.com/

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or new features.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.