Merge branch 'main' into feature/wishlist-api

Author: deepesh224-ux

.env.example

@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
 PORT=5000
-MONGODB_URI=your mongodb connection string
-JWT_SECRET=replace_with_a_local_jwt_secret
+MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
+
+# Security
+JWT_SECRET=replace_with_a_strong_random_hex_secret 
 NODE_ENV=development
+
+# Google SSO (required for Google OAuth)
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_client_id
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_google_client_secret
+GOOGLE_CALLBACK_URL=http://localhost:5000/auth/google/callback
+
+# Frontend / Backend URLs
+FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:3000
+BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:5000
+
+# Token delivery
+SEND_TOKEN_COOKIE=false  
+
+# SMTP (optional — required to send pending-link emails)
+SMTP_HOST=smtp.example.com
+SMTP_PORT=587
+SMTP_USER=your_smtp_user
+SMTP_PASS=your_smtp_password
+SMTP_SECURE=false         # true for 465, false for 587
+EMAIL_FROM="Open Code Chicago <no-reply@example.com>"