From 371f48b42fa8167f46dcc071042e5d20d05184b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Foohoo <foohoo@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 16:33:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add .envtemplate and update readme

---
 README.md            | 6 +++++-
 backend/.envtemplate | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 backend/.envtemplate

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce721e4..0f90b08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,10 +67,14 @@ recipe-management-app/
    npm install
    ```
 
-3. Create a `.env` file with your configuration:
+3. Create a `.env` file with your configuration using a copy of the `.envtemplate` file (for example):
    ```
    PORT=5000
    MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/recipe-management
+   MONGODB_USERNAME=admin
+   MONGODB_PASSWORD=password123
+   MONGODB_PORT=27017
+   MONGODB_DATABASE=recipe-management
    JWT_SECRET=your-super-secret-jwt-key-change-this-in-production
    ```
 
diff --git a/backend/.envtemplate b/backend/.envtemplate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecfe0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.envtemplate
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+PORT=5000 #port for the app
+MONGODB_URI= #URI for the mongodb connection (mongodb://localhost:27017/recipe-management)
+MONGODB_USERNAME=admin #username for the mongodb connection
+MONGODB_PASSWORD= #password for the mongodb connection
+MONGODB_PORT=27017 #port for the mongodb connection
+MONGODB_DATABASE=recipe-management #database for the mongodb connection
+JWT_SECRET=your-super-secret-jwt-key-change-this-in-production #jwt secret for the app