EasyStay - Rental Booking Platform

File Structure

project-root/
├── backend/
│   ├── models/
│   │   ├── User.js
│   │   ├── Place.js
│   │   └── Booking.js
│   ├── uploads/
│   │   ├── profile_pics/
│   │   └── hotel photos
│   ├── .env
│   ├── index.js
├── frontend/
│   ├── public/
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   ├── pages/
│   │   ├── App.js
│   │   └── index.js
│   ├── tailwind.config.js
│   ├── package.json
│   └── .env
├── README.md
└── package.json

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Setup Instructions

Backend Setup

1. Navigate to the backend folder:

   cd backend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the backend/ directory and configure the following variables:

   MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

4. Start the server:

   npm start

   The backend server will run on http://localhost:3030.

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend folder:

   cd frontend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the frontend/ directory and configure the following variable:

   VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:3030

4. Start the development server:

   npm run dev

   The frontend application will run on http://localhost:5173.

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API Endpoints

Authentication

• POST /register - Register a new user.
• POST /login - Log in a user.
• GET /profile - Get the logged-in user's profile.
• PUT /profile - Update the logged-in user's profile.
• POST /logout - Log out the current user.

Hotel Management

• POST /places - Add a new hotel listing.
• GET /places - Retrieve all hotel listings.
• GET /places/:id - Retrieve details of a specific hotel.
• PUT /places/:id - Update hotel details.

Bookings

• POST /bookings - Create a new booking.
• GET /bookings - Retrieve all bookings for the logged-in user.

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