Desi-Ngl (Next.js migration)

This repository was migrated from a small Express app to a Next.js app with equivalent behavior.

What changed

• Frontend pages converted to Next.js pages under pages/.
• Backend endpoints converted to Next.js API routes under pages/api/.
• Keep db.js (Mongoose models) — API routes use it directly.

Environment You need a .env file in the project root with at least:

• DATABASE=
• JWT_PASS=

Run locally

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Run dev server:

npm run dev

App routes

• / -> home page (create username)
• /link/[username] -> share link page
• /[username] -> message form to send anonymous message
• /admin/message/[username] -> admin/confessions view

API endpoints

• POST /api/username -> create user and return JWT
• POST /api/[username] -> submit a message for the user
• POST /api/admin/message/[user] -> return messages for a user

Notes

• backend/main.js and the original Express router files are left in the repo for reference but are no longer used by the Next.js app.

📨 Desi-NGL – Anonymous Confession Platform 🇮🇳

Desi-NGL is a lightweight full-stack application that allows users to receive anonymous messages via a shareable link. Built using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and vanilla HTML/CSS, this app mimics the popular NGL concept but with a Desi twist.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 JWT-based user authentication (no passwords)
• 📨 Accept anonymous confessions
• 🔗 Shareable links for each user
• 🗂 Static frontend rendered using Express
• ☁️ Deployed-ready for Render/Heroku

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🛠 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	Node.js, Express.js
Database	MongoDB (via Mongoose)
Frontend	HTML/CSS (static pages)
Auth	JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
Hosting	Render.com or Heroku

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📁 Folder Structure

Desi-NGL/
│
├── backend/
│   └── main.js              # Entry point for Express server
│
├── middlewares/
│   └── adminAuth.js         # Admin authentication middleware
│
├── routes/
│   ├── userRoute.js         # User-facing routes
│   └── adminRoute.js        # Admin routes (view confessions)
│
├── public/
│   ├── index.html           # Homepage
│   ├── message.html         # Page to write confessions
│   ├── share.html           # Page to share link
│   └── adminConf.html       # Admin panel for viewing messages
│
├── db.js                    # MongoDB connection setup
├── .env                     # Environment variables
├── .gitignore               # Node modules, env ignored
├── package.json             # Project metadata
└── README.md                # Documentation

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

1. 📦 Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/desi-ngl.git
cd desi-ngl

2. 🛠 Install dependencies

npm install

3. ⚙️ Create a .env file

touch .env

Add the following variables:

JWT_PASS=your_jwt_secret
MONGO_URL=your_mongodb_connection_url

You can use MongoDB Atlas for a free cloud database.

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▶️ Running the App

Local Development:

node backend/main.js

The app will start on: http://localhost:3000/

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🧪 API Endpoints

Method	Route	Description
POST	/username	Create user and get JWT token
GET	/link/:username	Returns the user’s share page
POST	/link/:username	Confirms user link
POST	/:username	Submit anonymous message
GET	/:username	Returns message submission page
GET	/admin/:user (protected)	View messages (JWT required)

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🌐 Deployment (Render.com)

1. Push your code to GitHub
2. Go to https://render.com → New Web Service
3. Connect GitHub Repo
4. Set:

• Build Command: npm install
• Start Command: node backend/main.js or npm run dev
• Add environment variables under the Environment tab

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🤝 Contribution

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feat-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feat-new-feature)
5. Open a pull request

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📜 License

This project is open-sourced under the MIT License.

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📩 Made with ❤️ by Akshat Singh

Feel free to reach out or suggest improvements!