🗂️ Inventory Management Backend

🌟 Overview

This project offers a backend solution for managing 🛒 inventory, 📦 suppliers, and 📋 bulk data operations, with features like CSV import/export and 🔔 low-stock alerts. Built with Node.js, *Express, and MongoDB, it ensures smooth integration with dashboards for real-time management.

✨ Features

• 🔍 Fetch all inventory items and specific items by ID.
• ✏️ Create new inventory items with associated suppliers.
• 🔄 Update entire inventory records or individual fields by ID.
• ❌ Delete inventory items or specific fields.
• 📈 Low stock alerts for items that fall below the specified quantity threshold.
• 📤 Export all inventory data as a CSV file and 📥 import bulk data via CSV.

🛠️ Technologies Used

• 🔙 Backend: Node.js, Express for creating APIs and routing.
• 💾 Database: MongoDB with Mongoose for schema modeling and data management.
• 🔑 Authentication: JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for secure user authentication.
• 📧 Email Service: Nodemailer for sending emails (e.g., password resets).
• 🛡 Security: Helmet for security headers and bcryptjs for password hashing.

📦 Dependencies

Here’s a list of all the dependencies used in this project along with their versions:

"bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
"cors": "^2.8.5",
"csv-parser": "^3.0.0",
"dotenv": "^16.4.5",
"express": "^4.21.1",
"express-rate-limit": "^7.4.1",
"fast-csv": "^5.0.2",
"helmet": "^8.0.0",
"joi": "^17.13.3",
"jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
"mongoose": "^8.7.3",
"morgan": "^1.10.0",
"multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
"nodemailer": "^6.9.15",
"nodemon": "^3.1.7"

🚀 Setup and Installation

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/MaulikPatel63/Inventory_Management.git

Go to the project directory

  cd Inventory_Management/backend

Install dependencies

  npm install

Start the server

  npm start

API will be available at:

  http://localhost:5000

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

MONGO_URI=<MONGO_URI>

PORT=<Your_Port

JWT_SECRET=<Your_Secret>

🌐 Deployment

The backend is deployed on Render.

• Live Backend URL : https://inventory-management-fg2v.onrender.com/

API Reference

Auth Routes

Method	Endpoint	Description	Access
POST	/api/v1/auth/signup	User signup.	Public
POST	/api/v1/auth/login	User login and token generation.	Public
POST	/api/v1/auth/logout	User logout.	Authenticated
GET	/api/v1/auth/authCheck	Check user authentication.	Authenticated

Inventory Routes

Method	Endpoint	Description	Access
POST	/api/v1/inventory/inventory-add	Add a new inventory.	Authenticated
GET	/api/v1/inventory/inventory-get	Get all inventorys with filtering and pagination.	Authenticated
GET	/api/v1/inventory/inventory-get/:id	Get Specific inventorys with ID.	Authenticated
PUT	/api/v1/inventory/inventory-update	Update an existing inventory by ID.	Authenticated
DELETE	/api/v1/inventory/inventory-delete	Delete an inventory by ID.	Authenticated

Supplier Routes

Method	Endpoint	Description	Access
POST	/api/v1/supplier/supplier-add	Add a new supplier.	Authenticated
GET	/api/v1/supplier/supplier-get	Get all suppliers with filtering and pagination.	Authenticated
GET	/api/v1/supplier/supplier-get/:id	Get Specific suppliers with ID.	Authenticated
PUT	/api/v1/supplier/supplier-update	Update an existing supplier by ID.	Authenticated
DELETE	/api/v1/supplier/supplier-delete	Delete an supplier by ID.	Authenticated

Csv Routes

Method	Endpoint	Description	Access
POST	/api/v1/csv/import	Import inventory data from CSV.	Authenticated
GET	/api/v1/csv/export	Export inventory data to CSV.	Authenticated