Create Item.js

Author: rcook0

backend/models/Item.js

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+const mongoose = require("mongoose");
+
+const itemSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
+  {
+    title: { type: String, required: true },
+    description: { type: String },
+    owner: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "User" }
+  },
+  { timestamps: true }
+);
+
+itemSchema.index({ title: 1 }); // optimize queries by title
+
+module.exports = mongoose.model("Item", itemSchema);