E-Commerce MERN Stack Project

A full-stack e-commerce application built with MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js.

🚀 Features

Backend API

User Management

• User registration with email verification
• JWT-based authentication (login/logout)
• Password hashing with bcrypt
• User profile management (CRUD)
• Admin authorization middleware
• Ban/unban user functionality

Category Management

• Full CRUD operations for categories
• URL-friendly slug generation
• Category image upload support
• Input validation middleware

Security

• Rate limiting
• XSS protection
• Input validation with express-validator
• Secure cookie handling

📁 Project Structure

server/
├── src/
│   ├── config/          # Configuration files
│   ├── controllers/     # Route controllers
│   ├── helper/          # Helper functions
│   ├── middlewares/     # Custom middlewares
│   ├── models/          # Mongoose models
│   ├── routers/         # API routes
│   ├── services/        # Business logic
│   ├── validators/      # Input validation
│   ├── app.js           # Express app setup
│   └── server.js        # Server entry point

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js
• Framework: Express.js
• Database: MongoDB with Mongoose
• Authentication: JWT (jsonwebtoken)
• File Upload: Multer
• Email: Nodemailer
• Validation: express-validator

📡 API Endpoints

Authentication

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/auth/login	User login
POST	/api/auth/logout	User logout

Users

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/users	Get all users (admin)
GET	/api/users/:id	Get user by ID
POST	/api/users/process-register	Register new user
POST	/api/users/verify	Verify email
PUT	/api/users/:id	Update user
DELETE	/api/users/:id	Delete user

Categories

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/categories	Get all categories
GET	/api/categories/:slug	Get category by slug
POST	/api/categories	Create category (admin)
PUT	/api/categories/:slug	Update category (admin)
DELETE	/api/categories/:slug	Delete category (admin)

🏃 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies:

   cd server
   npm install

3. Create .env file with required variables
4. Start development server:

   npm run dev

📝 Environment Variables

PORT=3000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
JWT_ACTIVATION_KEY=your_secret
JWT_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret
SMTP_USERNAME=your_email
SMTP_PASSWORD=your_password
CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:3000

🔜 Upcoming Features

• Product management
• Shopping cart
• Order processing
• Payment integration
• React frontend