E-Commerce Website

An e-commerce platform that provides a seamless shopping experience with features like user management, product browsing, cart functionality, payment integration, and order tracking. The project is divided into two main directories: frontend and backend.

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🗂 Project Structure

Backend

The backend folder contains the server-side code, which handles API endpoints, database operations, authentication, and payment integration.

Frontend

The frontend folder contains the client-side code, built with modern technologies to deliver a dynamic and responsive user interface.

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🔧 Environment Variables

Backend .env

To configure the backend, create a .env file in the backend directory with the following keys:

PORT=8080
MONGO_URI=your_mongo_db_connection_string
SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key

CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_name
API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret

RAZORPAY_KEY_ID=your_razorpay_key_id
RAZORPAY_KEY_SECRET=your_razorpay_key_secret

NODE_MAILER_USER=your_email_address
NODE_MAILER_PASS=your_email_password

Frontend .env

To configure the Frontend, create a .env file in the frontend directory with the following keys:

VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:8080
VITE_USER_API_END_POINT=http://localhost:8080/api/v1/user
VITE_REVIEW_API_END_POINT=http://localhost:8080/api/v1/review
VITE_CART_API_END_POINT=http://localhost:8080/api/v1/cart
VITE_PRODUCT_API_END_POINT=http://localhost:8080/api/v1/product
VITE_CATEGORIES_API_END_POINT=http://localhost:8080/api/v1/category
VITE_PAYMENT_API_END_POINT=http://localhost:8080/api/v1/payment
VITE_ORDER_API_END_POINT=http://localhost:8080/api/v1/order

APP_URL=http://localhost:5173

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or later)
• MongoDB (running locally or a cloud instance)
• Vite (for frontend development)
• Cloudinary Account (for media storage)
• Razorpay Account (for payment gateway)

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Installation

Backend

Starting backend:

cd backend
npm install
npm run dev

Starting frontend:

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

📂 API Endpoints

User

• Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/user

Reviews

• Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/review

Cart

• Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/cart

Products

• Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/product

Categories

• Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/category

Payments

• Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/payment

Orders

• Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/order

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🛠 Technologies Used

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Mongoose
• Frontend: React.js, Vite
• Payment Gateway: Razorpay
• Media Storage: Cloudinary
• Email Services: NodeMailer

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🌟 Features

• User Authentication: Secure login and registration
• Product Management: View, search, and filter products
• Cart Functionality: Add, update, and remove items from the cart
• Secure Payments: Integrated Razorpay for seamless transactions
• Order Management: Track order history and details
• Admin Dashboard: Manage users, products, and orders (future scope)

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👩‍💻 Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit a pull request or raise issues for feature requests and bug fixes.

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📧 Contact

For queries, please email: [email protected]