feat:created express server and implemented user schema

backend/controllers/UserController.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import userModel from '../models/User';
+
+
+const getUsers = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+    res.status(200).json("status");
+}
+
+const createUser = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+
+	// Check if the request body is missing the username or password
+	if (!req.body.username || !req.body.password) {
+		res.status(400).json({ error: "missing username or password" });
+		return;
+	}
+
+	try {
+    const { username, password } = req.body;
+    const user = new userModel({ username, password });
+    await user.save();
+    res.status(201).json(user);
+	} catch (error) {
+		res.status(500).json({ error: "username taken" });
+	}
+}
+
+export { getUsers, createUser };

backend/index.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
+import express, { json } from "express";
+import cors from "cors";
+import router from "./routes/routes";
+import { config } from "dotenv";
+import mongoose from "mongoose";
+
+config();
+
 // Create your express server here
+const app = express();
 
 // Configure your express server here
+const PORT = process.env.PORT ?? 4000;
 
 // Start your express server here
+app.use(cors());
+app.use(json());
+app.use(express.static("public"));
 
 // Connect to the database here
+app.use("/", router);
 
 // Initialise your routes here
+mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URL ?? "").then(() => {
+	app.listen(PORT, () => {
+			console.log(`Listening on port ${PORT}`);
+	});
+});
 
 // Dont forget to create your Models/Schemas in another folder

backend/models/User.ts

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+import { Schema }	from 'mongoose';
+import mongoose from "mongoose";
+
+const userSchema = new Schema({
+    username: {
+        type: String,
+        required: true,
+				unique: true,
+    },
+    password: {
+        type: String,
+        required: true,
+    },
+    createdAt: {
+        type: Date,
+        default: Date.now, 
+    },
+});
+
+const User = mongoose.model("User", userSchema);
+
+export default User;