🌄 Travel Mitra Backend | Hiking & Trekking in Nepal

This is the backend server for the Travel Mitra application, built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
It handles payments, orders, trails, and reviews, providing APIs consumed by the frontend.

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🌐 Live API

• Example endpoint: https://github.com/BibasYonghang/travel-mitra-backend/api/trails

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🛠 Features

• RESTful API endpoints for:
  • Orders & Payments (/api)
  • Trails (/api/trails)
  • Reviews (/api/reviews)
• eSewa payment integration
• JWT authentication for secure endpoints
• Multiple MongoDB connections (Trails DB & Reviews DB)
• CORS configured for frontend domain
• Centralized error handling and validation
• Production-ready structure

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🖥 Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js
• Framework: Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (Mongoose ODM)
• Payment Gateway: eSewa
• Authentication: JWT
• Deployment: Vercel / Railway / Heroku compatible

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⚡ Installation / Development

Follow these steps to run the backend locally:

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/BibasYonghang/travel-mitra-backend.git
cd travel-mitra-backend

# 2. Install dependencies
npm install

# 3. Configure environment variables
# Create a .env.development and .env.production files
# Required variables: PORT, MONGODB_URI_TRAILS, MONGODB_URI_REVIEWS, JWT_SECRET, FRONTEND_URL, ESEWA_MERCHANT_ID, ESEWA_SECRET_KEY

# 4. Start development server
npm run dev
Server runs on http://localhost:5000 by default.

📝 Project Structure

├── controllers/          # API controllers (orders, eSewa, trails, reviews)
├── models/               # Mongoose schemas
├── routes/               # Express routes
│   ├── esewa.route.js
│   ├── order.route.js
│   ├── trails.route.js
│   └── reviews.route.js
├── .env.development      # Environment variables for development
├── server.js             # Main server file (Express + DB connection)
├── package.json
└── README.md

API Endpoints Overview

Orders & Payments
Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/payment	Initiate eSewa payment
GET	/api/success	eSewa payment success callback
GET	/api/failure	eSewa payment failure callback
POST	/api/generate-signature	Generate signature for payment

Trails
Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/trails	Get all trails
POST	/api/trails	Add new trail (admin only)
GET	/api/trails/:id	Get trail by ID

Reviews
Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/reviews	Get all reviews
POST	/api/reviews	Add a review
GET	/api/reviews/:id	Get review by ID

🔧 Configuration & Environment

CORS: Configured to allow requests only from FRONTEND_URL

MongoDB: Separate connections for Trails DB and Reviews DB

Error Handling: Errors logged to console; can be extended with logging libraries for production

📄 License

This project is not under any license yet.

📞 Contact

Author: Bibas Yonghang

Email: support@travelmitra.com

Frontend Website: https://travel-mitraa.vercel.app/

📝 Notes

Ensure environment variables are correctly configured before running locally

API is structured to be production-ready and easily deployable to Vercel, Railway, or Heroku

Contributions are not open at this moment