Memories Backend

Memories is a collaborative event photo-sharing platform where users can upload photos, tag themselves using facial recognition, and relive shared memories. This repository contains the backend API built with Go using the Gin framework, GORM for ORM, and MySQL as the database.

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Memories Frontend

Link to frontend repo (Flutter) - https://github.com/kartik1112/Memories-flutter

Features

• User Authentication: Secure login/signup with JWT-based authentication.
• Event Management: Create and join events using a 6-digit unique event code.
• Photo Management: Upload photos linked to specific events.
• Facial Recognition: Automatically tags users in photos.
• Scalable Architecture: Built with best practices for modular and maintainable code.

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Tech Stack

• Language: Go (Golang)
• Framework: Gin
• Database: MySQL (with GORM ORM)
• Authentication: JWT
• Cloud Storage: For photos (e.g., AWS S3, Firebase Storage - TBD)
• Facial Recognition: TBD (e.g., AWS Rekognition, Google Vision API, or a pre-trained model like Dlib/FaceNet)

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API Endpoints

Public Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/signup	Create a new user account.
POST	/login	Authenticate and get a JWT.

Protected Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/event/create	Create a new event.
POST	/events/join	Join an event using a 6-digit code.
GET	/events/fetch	Fetch all events for the logged-in user.
POST	/photos/upload	Upload a photo to an event (WIP).

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and create a pull request.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.