🏥 Prescripto Backend – Powering Healthcare Appointments & Prescriptions 🚀

Prescripto Backend is the secure and scalable API powering Prescripto, a modern healthcare appointment and prescription management system.
It handles user authentication, doctor profiles, appointment bookings, prescriptions, and payments, ensuring a seamless healthcare experience.

🔹 Built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB
🔹 Secure JWT authentication & role-based access
🔹 RESTful API for smooth frontend communication
🔹 Integrated Razorpay payment gateway

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🌐 API Base URL

🔗 https://your-backend-api.com

📢 Note: This repository contains only the backend code.
For the frontend, visit: Prescripto Frontend.

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📖 Table of Contents

• ✨ Features
• 🛠 Technologies Used
• ⚙️ API Endpoints
• 🚀 Installation
• 🕹 Usage
• 🤝 Contributing
• 📄 License

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✨ Features

✅ User Authentication – Secure JWT-based login & registration
✅ Role-Based Access – Patients, Doctors, and Admins
✅ Doctor Management – Add, update, and fetch doctor details
✅ Appointment Scheduling – Book, reschedule, and cancel appointments
✅ Prescription Management – Issue & store prescriptions digitally
✅ Secure Payments – Integrated Razorpay for easy transactions
✅ API Documentation – Comprehensive Swagger docs for developers

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🛠 Technologies Used

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (Mongoose ORM)
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token)
• Payments: Razorpay API
• Validation: Joi for input validation
• Environment Management: dotenv
• Logging: Morgan

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⚙️ API Endpoints

🔑 Authentication

• POST /api/auth/register – Register a new user
• POST /api/auth/login – Login & receive a JWT token

👨‍⚕️ Doctor Management

• GET /api/doctors – Fetch all doctors
• GET /api/doctors/:id – Get doctor details
• POST /api/doctors – Add a doctor (Admin)
• PUT /api/doctors/:id – Update doctor info (Admin)
• DELETE /api/doctors/:id – Remove a doctor (Admin)

📅 Appointments

• POST /api/appointments – Book an appointment
• GET /api/appointments/:id – Get appointment details
• PUT /api/appointments/:id – Reschedule/cancel an appointment

💊 Prescriptions

• GET /api/prescriptions – View patient prescriptions
• POST /api/prescriptions – Issue a prescription (Doctor)

💳 Payments

• POST /api/payments – Process payments via Razorpay
• GET /api/payments/:id – Get payment status

📌 More endpoints available in API documentation.

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/prescripto-backend.git
   cd prescripto-backend
   

2. Install Dependencies

   npm install
   

3. Configure environment

   PORT=5000
   MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
   RAZORPAY_KEY=your_razorpay_key
   RAZORPAY_SECRET=your_razorpay_secret
   

4. Start the server

   npm start
   

5. Your API will be live at http://localhost:5000.

🕹 Usage

1️⃣ Register & Login – Authenticate users securely

• Patients and doctors can create accounts and log in using JWT-based authentication.
• Secure password hashing ensures data protection.

2️⃣ Manage Doctors – Fetch & update doctor profiles

• Patients can browse a list of verified doctors based on specialty and availability.
• Admins can add, update, or remove doctor profiles.

3️⃣ Book Appointments – Schedule & track medical visits

• Patients can select a doctor and book an available appointment slot.
• Appointments can be rescheduled or canceled if needed.

4️⃣ Handle Prescriptions – Issue & view patient prescriptions

• Doctors can issue digital prescriptions after consultations.
• Patients can access their prescription history anytime.

5️⃣ Process Payments – Secure transactions via Razorpay

• Patients can pay for consultations using Razorpay's secure payment gateway.
• Payment status and transaction details are stored for reference.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the project.
3. Create your feature branch:

   git checkout -b feature/new-feature
   

4. Commit your changes:

   git commit -m "Add new feature"
   

5. Push to the branch:

   git push origin feature/new-feature
   

6. Open a Pull Request.