sdm-backend

A backend service built using Hono.js for routing, MongoDB + Mongoose for database interactions, Cloudinary for image uploads, Phonepay as the payment gateway and Nodemailer for sending emails.

🛠 Tech Stack

• Hono.js – Lightweight web framework for building APIs
• MongoDB + Mongoose – NoSQL database with a flexible schema layer
• Cloudinary – Image hosting and transformation
• Phonepay – Payment gateway integration
• Nodemailer – Email sending

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✨ Current Features

• 🔐 Authentication & Authorization (JWT-based access & refresh tokens)
• 👤 Role based Access restrict users based on role
• 📷 Image Uploads using Cloudinary (with transformations)
• 💳 Payment Integration via Phonepay (subscription plans, profile unlocks, etc.)
• 📧 Email Notifications (signup verification, password reset, etc.)
• 🛡 Security Support (auth guards, request validation, rate limit)
• 🕵️ Advanced Search & Filters for matchmaking with personal & partner preferences
• 📊 Admin Dashboard APIs (basic user/admin management, payments for super admin)

🚀 Planned / Upcoming Features

• 🔔 Real-time Notifications (possibly via WebSockets or push notifications)
• 💬 In-app Messaging / Chat System
• 📈 Activity Tracking & Analytics (profile views, interests, etc.)
• 🧪 Testing Setup vitest support
• 📖 API Documentation – Add Swagger / Postman collection for easy API exploration (currently VS code rest client support available)
• 🤖 Extracting user images and info using Ollama AI server

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📦 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+ recommended)
• MongoDB URI
• Cloudinary credentials
• Phonepay API keys
• Email keys

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/glRajkumar/sdm-matrimony-backend.git
cd sdm-backend

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

MONGODB_URI=

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=

CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=

FRONTEND_URL=

EMAIL_ID=
EMAIL_PASS=
EMAIL_HOST=

PHONE_PAY_CLIENT_ID=
PHONE_PAY_SECRET=

Running the server

Start the development server:

npm run dev

The API will be available at: http://localhost:PORT (default: 5000)

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📁 Project Structure

sdm-backend/
├── src/
│   ├── controllers/     # Request handlers
│   ├── middlewares/     # Middleware functions
│   ├── models/          # Mongoose models
│   ├── routes/          # API routes
│   ├── utils/           # Utility functions
│   └── index.ts         # Entry point
├── test/                # http test files for testing api routes using rest client
├── .env                 # Environment variables
├── package.json
└── README.md