ECommerceAPI

Comprehensive setup of ECommerceAPI solution with advanced architectural patterns and integrations.

Solution Structure:

• Established solution structure (ECommerceAPI.Sln) with distinct separation of concerns into Core, Infrastructure, and Presentation layers to enhance maintainability and scalability.

DTOs and Mapping:

• Created extensive DTOs for various components, including authentication, product categories, orders, and payments.
• Configured custom IMapper profiles to facilitate seamless mapping between domain entities and DTOs, ensuring data consistency and reducing boilerplate code.

Authentication and Authorization:

• Implemented secure JWT-based authentication mechanisms to safeguard API endpoints.
• Developed comprehensive handlers and validators for key authentication workflows such as email confirmation, login, registration, and password reset, ensuring robust user management.
• Incorporated user revocation and email confirmation functionalities to enhance security and user verification processes.

Product Management:

• Developed command and query handlers for detailed product operations, including creation, updates, and retrieval, adhering to the CQRS pattern for clear separation of concerns.
• Implemented advanced product filtering and categorization logic to support complex queries and enhance user experience.
• Enhanced product management with DTOs that reflect nested relationships with categories and images, providing a rich data model for the front end.

Order Management:

• Efficiently handles order creation, updating, and management, ensuring smooth processing of customer purchases.

User and Role Management:

• Provides robust user and role management functionalities, enabling efficient administration of user permissions and access control.

Image Uploads:

• Supports image uploads for products and user profiles during registration, enhancing the user experience with visual content.

Payment Integration:

• Integrated Stripe and PayPal payment gateways to enable secure and flexible transaction processing.
• Configured payment service settings to allow dynamic and customizable payment operations, supporting multiple payment methods.

Caching and Background Tasks:

• Utilizes Redis as a distributed cache to enhance related performance and reduce database load.
• Implemented Hangfire to manage background tasks, including email notifications and scheduled jobs, ensuring reliable and scalable processing.

Email Notifications:

• Configured email service to handle various notification scenarios, including user confirmations and marketing campaigns.
• Set up a robust mailing infrastructure with customizable email templates to support dynamic and personalized email content.

Scheduling and Local Storage:

• Implemented scheduling services using Hangfire to manage periodic tasks such as data clean-up and report generation.
• Set up local storage service to handle file uploads and persistent storage operations, ensuring data integrity and availability.

Domain Entities and Repositories:

• Defined comprehensive domain entities for orders, products, transactions, and more, providing a rich and extensible data model.
• Implemented repository patterns for data access and manipulation, ensuring a clear separation of data access logic and business logic.
• Configured Unit of Work to manage database transactions and ensure data consistency across multiple operations.

Dependency Injection and Configurations:

• Configured dependency injection for service registrations across the application, promoting loose coupling and testability.
• Set up initial configurations for database contexts, external services, and third-party integrations, ensuring a flexible and maintainable configuration setup.

Error Handling and Validation:

• Added custom exception handling for specific domain scenarios to provide meaningful error messages and enhance debugging.
• Implemented comprehensive validation logic for commands and queries to ensure data integrity and prevent invalid data from entering the system.

Excel Operations:

• Utilized ClosedXML to generate Excel files containing product data, enhancing data export capabilities.
• Implemented functionality to create Excel files with multiple sheets and customized styles, providing a rich data export experience.

URL Helper:

• Simplifies URL generation and handling within the application, making routing and linking more efficient.

Documentation:

• Included XML documentation for core methods and classes to improve code readability and maintainability.