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Introduction

A comprehensive backend API for a toy shop E-commerce website with a user management system, carts, and order placements.

Project Support Features

  • Users can signup and signin to their accounts
  • Public (non-authenticated) users can access all items available on the website
  • Authenticated users can access their profile, cart and past orders as well as create a new order and edit the cart contents.

Installation Guide

To run this project you will need nodeJS and npm installed on your machine first then:

  • Clone the repo:

      git clone https://github.com/YasserRohaim/ToyShop
    
  • Install the app's dependencies:

      npm install
    
  • Create a .env file in your project root folder and add your MySQL and JWT variables.

Usage

  • Run npm app.js to start the server.
  • Connect to the API using Postman on port 3001.

API Endpoints

| HTTP Verbs | Endpoints | Action |

| GET | /items | retrieves all items in the toyshop |

| GET | /items/:item_id | view a certain item |

| GET | /items/brand/:brand | view items from a certain brand |

| GET | /items/search | performs a search in the items database table |

| POST | /users/signup | To sign up a new user account |

| POST | /users/signin | To login an existing user account |

| GET | /users/view-orders | views the list of orders the user has made before |

| GET | /users/view-orders/:order-id | views the details of a certain order |

| GET | /users/user-profile | views the profile of the user |

| GET | /cart | views the current cart of the user |

| POST | /cart/add-item | adds an item to the cart |

| DELETE | /cart/delete-item | deletes an item from the cart |

| POST | /cart/update-quantity | updates the quantity of an item in the cart |

| POST | /cart/place-order | places an order with the current cart contents |

| DELETE | /cart/clear-cart | deletes all contents of the cart |

Technologies Used

  • NodeJS This is a cross-platform runtime environment built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine used in running JavaScript codes on the server. It allows for the installation and management of dependencies and communication with databases.
  • ExpressJS This is a NodeJS web application framework.

License

This project is available for use under the MIT License.

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