E-commerce Application Server in Node.js

• This web server is build for an E-commerce in Node.js.
• It uses express framework for Node.js and mongoose for mongodb.
• It's frontend is under development which uses Redux for state management and React for frontend.

Project Background

• The E-commerce sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in today's world.
• This brings far greater challenge that a developer need to meet cutting-edge commercial requirement.
• I build this project in order to test the limit of my skill in Web development.

Application Overview

• Api calls are made by redux to node.js which then communicates with mongodb to do a specific task.

Key Features

REST Api's

• Base Address = http://< hostname >:port/api/v1
• Routes catagories
  • /- routes every body can access, however some routes can accessed only if you are logged in.
  • /admin - routes to resources that can only accessed by admin

Awaited Feature

• Payment gateway for payments using RazorPay

• Google and Apple Authorization using Passport.js

• Realtime Customer Chat Service using socket.io

• Implement servers for hosting images .

Contribution Guide

• Clone the repository and run npm i.

• Add a config.env file in config folder and paste the below fields in it and then fill up the your preferred data

WEBSITE_NAME = 

PORT = 

DB_URI = mongodb://<hostname>:27017/<db_name>

JWT_SECRET = 

JWT_EXPIRES = 

COOKIE_EXPIRE = 

SMTP_HOST = smtp.gmail.com

SMTP_PORT = 587

SMTP_SERVICE = gmail


SMTP_MAIL= 

SMTP_PASSWORD= 

• To start a development server

npm run dev

• Feel free to raise a issue