Correct db casing

backend/models/user.model.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const userSchema = mongoose.Schema({
     firstName: { type: String },
     lastName: { type: String },
   },
-  email: { type: String, unique: true },
+  email: { type: String, unique: true, lowercase: true },
   accessLevel: { 
     type: String, 
     enum: ["user", "admin", "superadmin"], // restricts values to "user", "admin" and "superadmin"

backend/models/user.model.test.js

@@ -96,6 +96,19 @@ describe('Unit tests for User Model', () => {
       expect(error.errors.accessLevel).toBeDefined();
     });
 
+    it('should enforce that emails are stored in lowercase', async () => {
+      // Create a mock user with an uppercase email
+      const uppercaseEmail = '[email protected]';
+      const mockUser = new User({
+        email: uppercaseEmail,
+      });
+
+      mockUser.validate();
+      // Tests
+      expect(mockUser.email).toBe(uppercaseEmail.toLowerCase());
+    });
+
+
     it('should pass validation with valid user data', async () => {
       // Create a mock user with valid data
       const mockUser = new User({

backend/scripts/python/env/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Created by venv; see https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
+*