E-Commerce Website

This is a complete MERN stack e-commerce project with authentication, payment integration, and cloud storage. The project includes essential features such as product management, user authentication, order processing, and payments using Stripe.

🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js, Redux Toolkit (RTK)
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
• Payment Gateway: Stripe
• File Storage: Cloudinary
• Environment Variables: .env for secure configuration

✨ Features

• 🔒 User Authentication (Register/Login/Logout with JWT & Cookies)
• 📦 Product Management (CRUD operations for products)
• 🛍️ Shopping Cart (Add/Remove products, update quantity)
• 💳 Secure Payments (Stripe integration)
• 📸 Image Uploads (Cloudinary integration for storing product images)
• 🛒 Order Management (Place orders, track order status)
• 🛠 Admin Panel (Manage users, products, and orders)
• 📧 Email Notifications (SMTP setup for password recovery)

🚀 Installation

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Mehedi-CoU-12/ecommerce-mern.git
cd ecommerce-mern

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

Backend:

npm install

Frontend:

cd frontend
npm install

3️⃣ Setup Environment Variables

Create a .env file inside the backend/config/ directory and add the following variables:

PORT=5000
DB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
STRIPE_API_KEY=your_stripe_api_key
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=your_stripe_secret_key
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
JWT_EXPIRE=7d
COOKIE_EXPIRE=7
SMTP_SERVICE=gmail
SMTP_MAIL=your_email
SMTP_PASSWORD=your_email_password
SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
SMTP_PORT=587
CLOUDINARY_NAME=your_cloudinary_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret
FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:3000

4️⃣ Start the Application

Run Backend:

npm start

Run Frontend:

cd frontend
npm start

📜 API Endpoints

• POST /api/v1/auth/register - Register a new user
• POST /api/v1/auth/login - Login user
• POST /api/v1/auth/logout - Logout user
• POST /api/v1/payment/stripe - Process payment with Stripe
• GET /api/v1/products - Get all products
• POST /api/v1/orders - Create a new order (More API endpoints documented in the code)

🤝 Contributing

Feel free to fork this repository and contribute by submitting a pull request!

📧 Contact

• GitHub: Mehedi-CoU-12
• Email: mehedihasana383@gmail.com