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E-Commerce-Backend-API

E-Commerce API | Nodejs,Express.js,MongoDB, Crypto,Bcrypt ,Nodemailer November 2022 - December 2022

  • Created the backend ( API ) using Nodejs and Express.js for an e-commerce website
  • User authentication was implemented through saving JSON web tokens as cookies
  • Different access control for users and admins
  • Implemented reset password functionality through a link sent to registered email using nodemailer.
  • Implemented review system to add , remove or update reviews on a product

To run the API on your local dev environment :

  1. Fork the repo
  2. Clone the repo
  3. Cd into the clone and run the following command
npm i
  1. Set up a config file named - .env
  2. Set up the following variables in the config file :
MONGO_URI=

JWT_SECRET_KEY=

JWT_LIFETIME=

COOKIE_LIFETIME=

SMPT_MAIL=

SMPT_PASS=

SMPT_SERVICE=
  • MONGO_URI - This variable should contain the connection string to your mongo database.
  • JWT_SECRET_KEY - This variable should contain your 256-bit encryption key for issuing and signing payload using JSON web token
  • JWT_LIFETIME - This defines the validity of the token issued
  • COOKIE_LIFETIME - This defines the duration the cookie is saved in the browser.
  • SMPT_MAIL - This should contain the email with which you want to send the email to the client
  • SMPT_PASS - Password for the SMPT_MAIL
  • SMPT_SERVICE - The service which you'll be using ( Eg. gmail )
  1. Run the command:
npm run dev

This will start your local dev environment.