E Shopping Portal

E-Shopping Portal or E-Commerce, also known as electronic commerce or internet commerce, refers to the buying and selling of goods or services using the internet, and the transfer of money and data to execute these transactions. The aim of our project is to provide the advantages of online shopping to customers of a real shop. It helps buying the products in the shop anywhere through the internet. Thus, the customer will get the service of online shopping and home delivery from his favourite shop. This system can be implemented to any shop in the locality or to multinational branded shops having retail outlet chains.

Authors

• @memukherjee
• @AnuragGh01
• @AishwaryaGhosh67
• @MiliBiswas02

How to run the project

Cloning the repository

    git clone https://github.com/memukherjee/e-commerce-app.git
    cd e-commerce-app

Setting up the backend

1. Downloading dependencies

   cd backend

   To run this project, you need to have java & maven installed in your system. If you don't have java installed, you can download it from given links below

   • Java.
   • Maven.

2. Setting up the mongodb database

   Download and install mongodb from here or you can use mongodb atlas to create a cloud database.

3. Setting up the environment variables

   Create a file named env.properties in the backend directory and add the following variables to it.

   • MONGODB_URI = Database URI
   • MONGODB_DB = Database name
   • Uncomment the spring.config.import=file:env.properties line in backend/src/main/resources/application.properties file.

4. Running the project

   mvn spring-boot:run

   The backend server will start running on port 8080.

Setting up the frontend

1. Downloading dependencies

   cd frontend

   To run this project, you need to have nodejs installed in your system. If you don't have nodejs installed, you can download it from here.

2. Setting up the environment variables

   Create a file named .env in the frontend directory and add the following variables to it.

   • REACT_APP_API = http://localhost:8080/api
   • REACT_APP_RAZORPAY_KEY = Razorpay key
   • REACT_APP_GEOAPIFY_API_KEY = Geoapify api key

3. Running the project

   npm install # Only for the first time. If facing any issues, run the command with --force flag.
   npm start   # To run the project

   The frontend server will start running on port 3000.