🎓 Connect Backend

The Connect Backend is a REST API service built using Spring Boot and PostgreSQL.
It powers the Connect Platform, which helps alumni and students stay connected.

This backend is deployed on Render and connects with the React frontend hosted on Vercel.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 JWT-based Authentication (Login & Register)
• 👨‍🎓 Alumni Management
• 👮 Role-based Access Control
• 🐳 Docker Support for easy deployment
• 🌍 Cloud Deployment with Render + PostgreSQL

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Java 17
• Spring Boot 3
• Spring Security (JWT Authentication)
• Hibernate / JPA
• PostgreSQL
• Docker

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⚙️ Setup & Run Locally

1️⃣ Clone the repository

• **git clone https://github.com/Rishabhj9888/connect_backend.git
• **cd connect_backend/demo

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##2️⃣ Configure PostgreSQL

• **spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/your_db
• **spring.datasource.username=your_username
• **spring.datasource.password=your_password

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##3️⃣ Build & Run (without Docker)

• **./mvnw clean install
• **./mvnw spring-boot:run

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##🐳 Run with Docker ##1️⃣ Build the image

• **docker build -t connect-backend .

##2️⃣ Run the container

• **docker run -p 8080:8080 connect-backend