A full-featured Task Management Backend (Trello-like system) built using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.

Task Pilot allows users to collaborate in teams, create boards, manage tasks, and control access using role-based permissions.

• User registration & login
• JWT-based authentication
• Protected routes

• Create teams
• Invite users via unique invite code
• Join teams
• Role-based access (Admin / Member)

• Create boards inside teams
• Admin-only board creation
• Fetch boards by team

• Create tasks inside boards
• Assign tasks to team members
• Update task status (todo → in-progress → done)
• Update task details
• Delete tasks

• Admin controls boards
• Members can create & manage tasks
• Only assigned user or creator can update tasks
• Only admin/creator can delete tasks

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB (Mongoose)
• JWT Authentication
• Cookie Parser

src/
│
├── controllers/
├── models/
├── routes/
├── middleware/
├── db/
└── app.js

• POST /api/auth/register
• POST /api/auth/login
• POST /api/auth/logout

• POST /api/teams
• POST /api/teams/join
• GET /api/teams

• POST /api/boards
• GET /api/boards/:teamId

• POST /api/tasks
• GET /api/tasks/:boardId
• PUT /api/tasks/:taskId/assign
• PUT /api/tasks/:taskId/status
• PUT /api/tasks/:taskId
• DELETE /api/tasks/:taskId

User → Team → Board → Task

• Users join teams
• Teams contain boards
• Boards contain tasks
• Tasks are assigned to team members

• RESTful API design
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• MongoDB relationships (Embedding + Referencing)
• Authentication & Authorization
• Scalable backend architecture

# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/sunnyrawal/task-pilot.git

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Create .env file
JWT_SECRET=your_secret
MONGO_URI=your_uri

# Run server
npm run dev

📌 Future Improvements

Task comments
Priority levels
Due date filters
Notifications system



🙌 Author

Built with ❤️ by Sunny