shopping-site-API

An API for an e-commerce website. Complete with authentication, authorization and access control Read documentation here

API is hosted live here

How to set up locally.

• Clone the repo.
• Run npm install to install dependencies.
• input environment variables for MONGO_URI, PORT, JWT_SECRET, REFRESH_TOKEN, PAYSTACK_SECRET_KEY, CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME, CLOUDINARY_KEY, CLOUDINARY_SECRET.
• enter npm run devStart in the terminal to start up the development server.

Technology

• This API is created using the Node JS language and Express JS framework.
• It uses MongoDB database.
• Payments are handled with paystack API.
• Cloudinary for storing images.

Users are able to:

• Sign up or create accounts then sign in.
• Edit their information.
• Get list of available products for sale and their details.
• Search for a particular product.
• Place orders and make online payments to purchase products.
• like products and add as favourite.

Admin is able to:

• Upload or create new products and details.
• Update or edit existing product details.
• Delete products.
• Get list of purchases made by users and details.
• Get all users signed up