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+# Samriddhi Prawah
+Backend for Samriddhi Prawah, a commodity sharing platform for the college VE CELL made in **Node.js** and **Express** using **MongoDB** as the Database.
+
+## Backend Key Features ✨
+
+- JWT Authentication with complete integration of Refresh and Access tokens.
+- MongoDB for the DB because of its a source-available, document-oriented and flexible nature.
+- Redis for caching static data making queries faster.
+- Implemented CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, automating the deployment to an AWS EC2 instance.
+- Leveraged Cluster Nodes to support multiple instances, ensuring optimal resource utilisation.
+
+## RUNNING THE SERVER ⚙️
+
+*Get started on the local machine*
+
+1. Clone the repository: 
+   ```CMD
+   git clone https://github.com/alanansari/SamPaw.git
+   ```
+*To run the server, you need to have NodeJS installed on your machine. If you don't have it installed, you can follow the instructions [here](https://nodejs.org/en//) to install it.*
+
+2. Setup .env file in base directory:
+   ```
+   PORT = "" 
+   DB_URI = ""
+
+   JWT_ACCESS_KEY = ""
+   JWT_REFRESH_KEY = ""
+   JWT_ACCESS_EXP = ''
+   JWT_REFRESH_EXP = ''
+   JWT_TOKEN = ""
+   ADMIN_JWT_ACCESS_KEY = ""
+   ADMIN_JWT_REFRESH_KEY = ""
+   ADMIN_JWT_ACCESS_EXP = ''
+   ADMIN_JWT_REFRESH_EXP = ''
+
+   MAIL_ID = "" 
+   MAIL_PASS = ""
+    
+   cloud_name =  ""
+   api_key =  ""
+   api_secret =  ""
+   ```
+3. Running with local machine
+
+   - Install dependencies
+
+      ```CMD
+      npm install
+      ```
+   - Run the server on localhost:
+      ```CMD
+      npm run start
+      ```
+   ---
+    
+*You can access the endpoints from your web browser following this url:*
+   ```url
+   http://localhost:[PORT]
+   ```