E-Commerce API

A powerful API for managing an e-commerce platform.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Configuration
• Usage
• API Documentation
• Deployment
• Monitoring and Management
• Contributing
• License

Introduction

The E-Commerce API is a feature-rich backend application that provides a comprehensive set of APIs for managing an e-commerce platform. It enables you to handle product management, user authentication, order processing, reviews, payments, and more.

Features

• User authentication and authorization
• Product management (creation, retrieval, update, deletion)
• Order processing (creation, retrieval, update, deletion)
• Review management (creation, retrieval)
• Payment processing integration
• Error handling middleware
• Logging middleware

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up and run the E-Commerce API locally.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• MongoDB database

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/e-commerce-api.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd e-commerce-api

3. Install dependencies:

npm install

Configuration

1. Create a .env file in the project root directory.
2. Add the following environment variables to the .env file and set their respective values:

PORT=5000
MONGODB_URI=your-mongodb-uri
API_KEY=your-api-key

Replace your-mongodb-uri with the MongoDB connection URI and your-api-key with a secret key for API authentication.

Usage

To start the API server, run the following command:

npm start

The API will be accessible at http://localhost:5000.

API Documentation

The API documentation is available at API Documentation. It provides detailed information on available endpoints, request/response formats, and authentication requirements.

Deployment

To deploy the E-Commerce API to a production environment, follow these steps:

1. Set up a production-ready MongoDB database.
2. Configure the environment variables for the production environment.
3. Use a process manager like PM2 or systemd to manage the Node.js process and ensure high availability.

Monitoring and Management

For process monitoring and management, we recommend using PM2. Follow these steps to set up PM2:

1. Install PM2 globally:

npm install pm2 -g

2. Start the API server using PM2:

pm2 start npm -- start

PM2 will automatically handle process monitoring, automatic restarts, and log management.

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community. To contribute to the E-Commerce API, please follow the guidelines outlined in the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.