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🚌 Bus Booking System API

📌 Overview

This repository contains the backend API for a Bus Booking System, built using Express.js and MongoDB. The API supports authentication, authorization, bus and route management, and user bookings.

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🔑 Admin Credentials

Use the following credentials to authenticate as an admin:

{
  "username": "AnthillNetworks",
  "email": "anthillnetworks@example.com",
  "password": "password123"
},
{
  "username": "Rithiga",
  "email": "Rithiga@example.com",
  "password": "password123"
}

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🛠 Features

✅ Admin Functionalities

✔ Manage users (View, Update, Delete)
✔ Add and update bus details
✔ Add and update routes
✔ View all bookings

🏷 User Functionalities

✔ Search for buses
✔ Book and cancel bus tickets
✔ Add and delete reviews

📑 Additional Features

✔ JWT-based authentication for security
✔ API documentation via Swagger
✔ Postman Collection available for easy testing

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🧪 API Testing

📜 Swagger API Documentation

• View and test API endpoints using Swagger:
  🔗 Swagger Docs

📩 Postman Collection

• To test APIs using Postman, import the collection file:
  Anthill-Networks-Bus.postman_collection.json

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/rithigavijayendran/Anthill-Backend.git  
cd Anthill-Backend  

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

npm install  

3️⃣ Setup Environment Variables

Create a .env file and configure:

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

4️⃣ Start the Server

node index.js  

The server will start running on http://localhost:5000

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