Lab Tracker Backend

The Lab Tracker Backend is a Node.js/Express application with a MongoDB database, providing REST APIs for managing lab products, requests, issues, returns, users, and admin workflows. It handles authentication, data management, notifications, and integrates with the frontend for a complete Lab Tracker system.

🚀 Features

Authentication & User Management: Login, signup, forgot password, reset password, JWT-based authentication, refresh tokens, "Remember Me".
Product Management: Add, update, delete, filter, search, sort products, track stock, low stock indicators, bulk-add products.
Request / Issue Management: Create, review, reissue, return requests/issues, timeline tracking, close request feature, reissued request flow v2, correct return logic for damaged/replaced/normal items.
Admin Features: Admin dashboard analytics APIs, admin profile API, notifications API (including mobile optimization), request/issue/reissue management, staff notifications, table redesigns, API endpoints for all admin workflows.
UI / UX Backend Integrations: APIs supporting frontend dashboards (charts: bar, pie, line, radar), user and admin pages, product sorting, filtering, pagination, low stock table, checkout, and issued pages.
DevOps / Deployment: Dockerfile & docker-compose support, server-compose YAML, proxy server configuration, production & staging deployment, continuous integration updates.

🛠 Tech Stack

Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Mongoose
Authentication & Security: JWT, bcrypt, dotenv
Email & Notifications: Nodemailer, SMTP integrations
DevOps / Deployment: Docker, docker-compose, server YAML, staging & production deployment

⚡ Getting Started

Prerequisites: Node.js v18+, npm or yarn, Docker (optional), MongoDB instance
Installation:

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/knightempire/lab-backend.git && cd lab-backend
2. Install dependencies: npm install or yarn install
3. Create .env file and add necessary variables
4. Run development server: npm run dev or yarn dev
   API runs at http://localhost:5000

Build for Production: npm run build && npm start

🧑‍💻 Core Development Team

• Abinesh – Lead Developer / Full-stack / Maintainer @knightempire
• Raam Prathap R V – Backend Developer @Raamprathap
• Akshay K S – Frontend Developer @akshayks13
• Santhosh A S – Frontend Developer @Santhosh292K
• Sharan K – QA / Testing / Maintainer @Sharan450522

Special Thanks: Shibi S. Kumar @shibi1306 – continuous guidance and support

📝 Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a branch: git checkout -b feature/my-feature
3. Commit changes: git commit -m "Add my feature"
4. Push branch: git push origin feature/my-feature
5. Open Pull Request

📦 License

MIT License. See LICENSE

🔗 Links

• Backend Repository: https://github.com/knightempire/lab-backend
• Frontend Repository: https://github.com/knightempire/lab-frontend
• Full Release Changelog: v1.0.0 Release