ShopSmart

Description

A robust RESTful API for e-commerce operations built with Node.js and MongoDB.

Features

• User Authentication
• Product Management
• image storage
• Shopping Cart Operations
• Purchase Management
• Stripe Payment Integration

Technologies

• Node.JS: JavaScript runtime.
• Express: Web framework for Node.js.
• Amazon S3: Cloud storage.
• Multer: Middleware for handling multipart/form-data.
• AWS EC2: for deployment.
• MongoDB: NoSQL database.
• Mongoose: Object Relational Mapper for MongoDB.
• JWT: Secure user authentication.
• Stripe: Payment processing platform.

Database Design

Installation

1. Clone the repository from a terminal or command prompt.

   git clone https://www.github.com/symonmuchemi/ShopSmart.git

2. Navigate to the project directory.

    cd ShopSmart

3. Install the project dependencies.

   npm install

4. Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following environment variables.

   PORT=3000
   
   MONGO_DB_URL=mongodb://localhost:3000/shopsmart
   
   JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key
   JWT_EXPIRATION=1d
   
   STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=your_stripe_publishable_key
   STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=your_stripe_secret_key
   
   S3_BUCKET_REGION='your_s3_bucket_region'
   S3_BUCKET_NAME='your_s3_bucket_name'
   S3_ACCESS_KEY='your_s3_access_key_id'
   S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='your s3_secret_access_key'

5. Start the application.

   npm run dev

6. Access the application on http://localhost:3000.

Author

Symon Muchemi