E-Commerce Website Backend

This project serves as the robust backend foundation for an e-commerce website. It provides the essential API endpoints and data management capabilities to power a fully functional online store.

Key Features

• RESTful API: Exposes well-structured endpoints for handling product information, user authentication, shopping cart management, orders, and more.
• Data Persistence: Utilizes MongoDB, a NoSQL database, for flexible and scalable storage of product catalogs, user data, and order history.
• User Authentication: Implements secure user registration, login, and session management using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authorization.
• Error Handling: Includes middleware for graceful error handling and providing informative responses.

Technologies Used

• Node.js: JavaScript runtime for building fast and efficient server-side applications.
• Express.js: Minimalist web framework for creating APIs and handling HTTP requests.
• MongoDB: NoSQL database known for its flexibility and ability to handle unstructured data.
• Mongoose: Object Data Modeling (ODM) library for Node.js that simplifies interaction with MongoDB.
• bcrypt: Library for securely hashing and comparing passwords.
• jsonwebtoken: Library for generating and verifying JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication.
• dotenv: Loads environment variables from a .env file.
• cors: Middleware for enabling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing.
• express-async-errors: Simplifies error handling in asynchronous Express routes.

Project Setup

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Terminal239/ecommerce-backend.git

2. Install Dependencies:

   npm install

3. Configuration:

   • Create a .env file in the project root and add the following:

     PORT=3000
     MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
     JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key
     

Starting the Server

• Development Mode:

  npm run dev

  This starts the server using nodemon, which will automatically restart the server on file changes.

• Production Mode:

  npm start