From 274e5544a6247726a0235e5fd7b011184c774acc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kumud-05 <kumudbhor@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 17:22:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add email validation during account registration

---
 backend/controllers/authController.js |  9 +++++++++
 frontend/src/pages/Auth/SignUp.jsx    | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 frontend/src/utils/helper.js          |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/controllers/authController.js b/backend/controllers/authController.js
index 94188c2..75ef5a3 100644
--- a/backend/controllers/authController.js
+++ b/backend/controllers/authController.js
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ const registerUser = async (req, res) => {
     try {
         const { name, email, password, profileImageUrl } = req.body;
         
+        const emailRegex = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,}$/;
+
+        if (!emailRegex.test(email)) {
+           return res.status(400).json({
+           success: false,
+           message: "Please enter a valid email address.",
+        });
+        }
+
         const { valid, errors } = validatePassword(password);
         if (!valid) {
             return res.status(400).json({ success: false, message: errors[0] });
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Auth/SignUp.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/Auth/SignUp.jsx
index 38faf56..411b98c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Auth/SignUp.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Auth/SignUp.jsx
@@ -171,11 +171,21 @@ const SignUp = ({ setCurrentPage }) => {
           />
 
           <Input
-            value={email}
-            onChange={({ target }) => setEmail(target.value)}
-            label="Email Address"
-            placeholder="your@email.com"
-            type="text"
+             value={email}
+             onChange={({ target }) => {
+             const value = target.value;
+                   setEmail(value);
+
+             if (
+                 error === "Please enter a valid email address" &&
+                 validateEmail(value)
+                ) {
+              setError("");
+             }
+             }}
+               label="Email Address"
+               placeholder="your@email.com"
+               type="email"
           />
 
           <Input
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/helper.js b/frontend/src/utils/helper.js
index beee8ad..0077639 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/helper.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/helper.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-export const validateEmail =(email)=>{
-    const regex = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/;
+export const validateEmail = (email) => {
+    const regex = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,}$/;
     return regex.test(email);
 };