📬 Message Backend API

A modern backend API built with Next.js 14, MongoDB, NextAuth, Zod, and Tailwind — designed for secure, scalable message handling with authentication, validation, and real-time capabilities.

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🚀 Tech Stack

Layer	Stack / Library
Framework	Next.js 🔥
Database	MongoDB + Mongoose 🍃
Auth	NextAuth.js 🔐
Validation	Zod ✅
UI System	TailwindCSS 🎨 + Radix UI
Forms	React Hook Form 📝
Utils	dayjs, clsx, axios, bcryptjs, lucide-react
Email	resend, react-email, @react-email/components ✉️
AI	OpenAI SDK 🤖
Carousel	embla-carousel 🎠

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📂 Project Structure

/app              - Route handlers and API logic (Next.js App Router)
/lib              - Utility modules (auth, db, email, AI)
/schemas          - Zod validation schemas
/components       - UI and functional components
/hooks            - Custom React hooks
/styles           - Tailwind configuration

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🛠️ Scripts

Command	Description
npm run dev	Start local development 🛠️
npm run build	Build production bundle 📦
npm run start	Start production server 🚀
npm run lint	Run ESLint checks 🧹

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🔐 Features

• ✅ JWT + OAuth authentication via NextAuth
• ✅ Email support via Resend
• ✅ Form validation with Zod
• ✅ Modular code with strong typing (TypeScript)
• ✅ AI integrations using OpenAI SDK
• ✅ Tailwind-based responsive UI components

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⚙️ Environment Variables

Create a .env.local file with the following keys:

DATABASE_URL=<your-mongodb-uri>
NEXTAUTH_SECRET=<your-secret>
NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
OPENAI_API_KEY=<your-openai-key>
RESEND_API_KEY=<your-resend-key>

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📦 Dependencies

Full dependency list in package.json

Key packages:

• next, react, mongoose, next-auth
• zod, axios, bcryptjs, react-hook-form
• tailwindcss, radix-ui, lucide-react
• openai, resend, react-email

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📝 License

MIT — free to use, modify, and distribute.