ShopEase - E-commerce Backend

🚀 Overview

ShopEase is a complete backend for an e-commerce application. It provides a robust set of APIs for user authentication, product management, orders, cart, notifications, wishlist, reviews, categories, and payments. The payment gateway integration is planned for a future update.

🛠 Tech Stack

• OTP & Messaging: Twilio
• Emails: Nodemailer
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Databases: MySQL (Sequelize ORM), MongoDB (Mongoose ODM)
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token)
• Middleware: Express Middleware, CORS
• File Uploads: Cloudinary
• Cache & Optimization: Redis (planned)

✨ Features

• 👤 User Authentication – Register, Login, JWT-based auth
• 🛒 Product Management – CRUD operations for products & categories
• 🛍 Cart & Wishlist – Add, remove, and update cart/wishlist items
• 📦 Order Management – Place orders, track status
• ⭐ Reviews & Ratings – Add and manage product reviews
• 🔔 Notifications System – Event-driven notifications (planned)
• 💳 Payment Handling – Payment model in place (gateway pending)
• 📁 Image Uploads – Integrated with Cloudinary

🌟 Future Enhancements

• ✅ Payment Gateway Integration
• ✅ Redis Caching for Performance
• ✅ WebSockets for Real-time Notifications
• ✅ Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

🤝 Connect With Me

• GitHub: @aakritrajput
• LinkedIn: Aakrit Rajput

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📢 Feel free to contribute or ⭐ the repo if you find it helpful!