feat: basic api setup and boilerplate

backend/src/utils/jwt.js

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+import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
+import "dotenv/config";
+
+const SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET;
+
+export function generateToken(payload) {
+	return jwt.sign(payload, SECRET, {expiresIn: "24h"});
+}
+
+export function verifyToken(token) {
+	return jwt.verify(token, SECRET);
+}