🏥 DocNow – Complete Healthcare Appointment & Prescription System 🚀

DocNow is a modern, full-stack healthcare management application that streamlines doctor appointments, digital prescriptions, and secure payments. Built with a modular architecture consisting of a React-based frontend, a powerful admin dashboard, and a secure Node.js/Express backend, DocNow provides a seamless experience for patients, doctors, and administrators alike.

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🌐 Live Demo

🔗 DocNow

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📚 Table of Contents

• ✨ Features
• 📦 Project Structure
• 🛠 Technologies Used
• 🚀 Installation
• 🕹 Usage Guide
• 📢 API Endpoints (Backend)
• 🤝 Contributing
• 📄 Motivation

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✨ Features

🔐 Authentication & Access

• Secure JWT-based login/registration for Patients, Doctors, and Admins
• Role-based access control

👨‍⚕️ Doctor & Appointment Management

• Add, update, or remove doctor profiles
• Book, reschedule, or cancel appointments
• View doctor directory and availability

💊 Digital Prescriptions

• Doctors issue and manage prescriptions digitally
• Patients can view prescription history

💳 Secure Payments

• Razorpay integration for handling consultation payments
• Admins can track all transactions

📊 Admin Panel

• Monitor all appointments, doctors, and users
• View analytics reports and payment history

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📦 Project Structure

📁 DocNow/
├── 📁 backend/
│   ├── 📁 config/
│   │   ├── cloudinary.js
│   │   └── mongodb.js
│   ├── 📁 controllers/
│   │   ├── adminController.js
│   │   ├── doctorController.js
│   │   └── userController.js
│   ├── 📁 middlewares/
│   │   ├── authAdmin.js
│   │   ├── authDoctor.js
│   │   ├── authUser.js
│   │   └── multer.js
│   ├── 📁 models/
│   │   ├── appointmentModel.js
│   │   ├── doctorModel.js
│   │   └── userModel.js
│   ├── 📁 routes/
│   │   ├── adminRoute.js
│   │   ├── doctorRoute.js
│   │   └── userRoute.js
│   ├── .env
│   └── server.js
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├── 📁 frontend/
│   ├── 📁 public/
│   │   └── favicon.svg
│   ├── 📁 src/
│   │   ├── 📁 admin/
│   │   │   ├── 📁 assets/
│   │   │   ├── 📁 components/
│   │   │   ├── 📁 context/
│   │   │   └── 📁 pages/
│   │   ├── 📁 assets/
│   │   ├── 📁 components/
│   │   ├── 📁 context/
│   │   ├── 📁 pages/
│   │   ├── App.jsx
│   │   ├── index.css
│   │   └── main.jsx
│   ├── .env
│   └── index.html
└── README.md

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🛠 Technologies Used

🔧 Backend

• Node.js, Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• Cloudinary
• JWT Authentication
• Multer
• Razorpay (Payments)

🎨 Frontend & Admin Panel

• React.js
• Tailwind CSS
• React Router DOM
• Axios
• lucide-react
• react-toastify
• Razorpay Checkout

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🚀 Installation

🔧 1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/arman61-hub/DocNow.git
cd DocNow

⚙️ 2. Backend Setup (inside /server)

cd backend
npm install

Create a .env file and add:

MONGODB_URI = ''
CLOUDINARY_NAME = ''
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY = ''
CLOUDINARY_SECRET_KEY = '' 
ADMIN_EMAIL = ''
ADMIN_PASSWORD = ''
JWT_SECRET = ''
RAZORPAY_KEY_ID = ''   
RAZORPAY_KEY_SECRET = '' 
CURRENCY = ''

Start the backend server:

npm run server

💻 3. Frontend Setup (inside /client)

cd ../frontend
npm install

Set up environment:

VITE_BACKEND_URL = ''
VITE_RAZORPAY_KEY_ID = ''
VITE_CURRENCY = ''

Start the frontend:

npm run dev

🕹 Usage Guide

👤 Patients

• Register/Login
• Browse doctors
• Book/reschedule appointments
• Pay securely via Razorpay

👨‍⚕️ Doctors

• Login with doctor credentials
• Manage profile
• Issue prescriptions
• View appointment schedules

🔐 Admins

• Secure login
• Add/remove doctors
• View/manage all appointments & prescriptions
• Track payments & platform analytics

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⚙️ API Endpoints (Backend)

🔑 Authentication

• POST /api/auth/register – Register a new user
• POST /api/auth/login – Login & receive a JWT token

👨‍⚕️ Doctor Management

• GET /api/doctors – Fetch all doctors
• GET /api/doctors/:id – Get doctor details
• POST /api/doctors – Add a doctor (Admin)
• PUT /api/doctors/:id – Update doctor info (Admin)
• DELETE /api/doctors/:id – Remove a doctor (Admin)

📅 Appointments

• POST /api/appointments – Book an appointment
• GET /api/appointments/:id – Get appointment details
• PUT /api/appointments/:id – Reschedule/cancel an appointment

💳 Payments

• POST /api/payments – Process payments via Razorpay
• GET /api/payments/:id – Get payment status

📌 More endpoints available in API documentation.

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve DocNow!

🧩 How to Contribute

1. Fork the Repository

Click the Fork button on the top right of this page.

2. Clone Your Fork

Open terminal and run:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/DocNow.git
cd DocNow

3. Create a feature branch:

Use a clear naming convention:

git checkout -b feature/new-feature

4. Make & Commit Your Changes

Write clean, documented code and commit:

git add .
git commit -m "✨ Added: your change description"

5. Push to GitHub & Submit PR

git push origin feature/your-feature-name

6. Then go to your forked repo on GitHub and open a Pull Request.

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⭐ Motivation

💡PS: If you found this project helpful or inspiring, please ⭐ star the repository — it keeps me motivated to build and share more awesome projects like this one!

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