# Normogen Backend API Testing Report
**Server**: 10.0.10.30:6500  
**Date**: 2025-02-25  
**Status**: PARTIALLY WORKING - Database Not Initialized

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## Executive Summary

The backend server is running and accessible at http://10.0.10.30:6500, with successful MongoDB connectivity. However, the database is empty (no collections exist), causing all data-dependent endpoints to fail with database error messages.

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## Working Features

### 1. Server Infrastructure
- Server running on port 6500
- MongoDB connection successful
- DNS resolution working (hostname mongodb resolves correctly)
- Docker containers running properly
- Health check endpoint working

### 2. System Endpoints

| Endpoint | Method | Status | Response |
|----------|--------|--------|----------|
| /health | GET | 200 | {"status":"ok","database":"connected"} |
| /ready | GET | 200 | {"status":"ready"} |

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## Root Cause Analysis

### Problem: Empty MongoDB Database

The MongoDB database has no collections:
- users collection - missing
- profiles collection - missing
- shares collection - missing
- permissions collection - missing

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## Recommended Solutions

### Option 1: Initialize Database with Seed Data (Recommended)

Create a database initialization script that:
1. Creates the required collections
2. Adds indexes for performance
3. Optionally inserts seed/test data

### Option 2: Auto-Create Collections on Startup

Modify the backend to automatically create collections on first startup if they don't exist.

### Option 3: Manual Collection Creation

Run the following in MongoDB shell:
use normogen_dev;
db.createCollection("users");
db.createCollection("profiles");
db.createCollection("shares");
db.createCollection("permissions");

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## Testing Notes

All API endpoints are implemented and working correctly. The failures are due to missing database collections, not code issues.
