📦 Server-Side Routes Overview – Personal Drive 🗂️

This app replicates core functionality of Google Drive, with a secure backend and server-rendered navigation using Express, MongoDB, JWT & Firebase.

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🔐 Authentication Routes (user.routes.js)

Route	Method	Description
/register	GET	Renders user registration form 📝
/register	POST	Registers user with hashed password 🔒
/login	GET	Renders login page 🔑
/login	POST	Authenticates user & issues cookie-based JWT 🧾

⚠️ All credentials are securely handled and tokens are stored in cookies via cookie-parser.

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📂 File Handling Routes (index.routes.js)

Route	Method	Protected	Description
/home	GET	✅	Renders dashboard showing all user files 📋
/upload	POST	✅	Uploads a file to Firebase Storage + stores metadata ⬆️
/download/:path	GET	✅	Validates and provides a signed download URL 🔗

🔐 Auth is handled via a middleware (authMiddleware) that:

• Verifies JWT from cookies
• Redirects unauthenticated users to /login

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🔄 Route Navigation Flow (ASCII Diagram)