🛍️ Glimpse E-commerce Backend

A robust and scalable e-commerce API built with modern technologies

🛠️ Built With

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🌟 Live API

Base URL: https://glimpse-backend-9gln.onrender.com

Health Check: https://glimpse-backend-9gln.onrender.com/health

✨ Features

• 🔐 Authentication & Authorization: JWT-based authentication with refresh tokens
• 📦 Product Management: CRUD operations for products with search and filtering
• 🛒 Shopping Cart: Persistent cart management
• 📋 Order Processing: Complete order lifecycle management
• ⭐ Review System: Product reviews and ratings
• 🛡️ Rate Limiting: In-memory rate limiting for API protection
• ⚡ Caching: In-memory caching for improved performance
• 📧 Email Notifications: Nodemailer integration for transactional emails

🚀 Tech Stack

⚙️ Backend Node.js + TypeScript Express.js Framework

💾 Database MongoDB + Mongoose In-Memory Cache

🔐 Security JWT Authentication Rate Limiting + Helmet

🏁 Getting Started

📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js (v16 or higher)
• MongoDB

📥 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>
cd glimpse-backend

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Configure environment variables:

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env with your configuration:

• Database connection strings
• JWT secrets
• Email credentials
• Admin secret

4. Build the project:

npm run build

5. Start the server:

# Development
npm run dev

# Production
npm start

📡 API Endpoints

Base URL: https://glimpse-backend-9gln.onrender.com/api/v1

🔐 Authentication

• POST /auth/signup - Register new user
• POST /auth/login - User login
• POST /auth/refresh - Refresh access token
• POST /auth/logout - User logout

📦 Products

• GET /products - Get all products (with filters)
• GET /products/:id - Get product by ID
• POST /products - Create product (admin)
• PUT /products/:id - Update product (admin)
• DELETE /products/:id - Delete product (admin)

🛒 Cart

• GET /cart - Get user cart
• POST /cart - Add item to cart
• PUT /cart/:itemId - Update cart item
• DELETE /cart/:itemId - Remove item from cart

📋 Orders

• GET /orders - Get user orders
• GET /orders/:id - Get order by ID
• POST /orders - Create new order
• PUT /orders/:id - Update order status (admin)

⭐ Reviews

• GET /reviews/product/:productId - Get product reviews
• POST /reviews - Create review
• PUT /reviews/:id - Update review
• DELETE /reviews/:id - Delete review

🚀 Deployment

This application is deployed on Render.

🔧 Environment Variables on Render

Make sure to set all required environment variables in your Render dashboard:

• MONGODB_URI_PROD - Production MongoDB connection string
• JWT_SECRET, JWT_REFRESH_SECRET, JWT_RESET_SECRET
• EMAIL_USER, EMAIL_PASS
• ADMIN_SECRET
• FRONTEND_URL
• NODE_ENV=production

🔨 Build Command

npm install && npm run build

▶️ Start Command

npm start

📁 Project Structure

src/
├── config/         # Configuration files (DB)
├── controllers/    # Route controllers
├── middleware/     # Custom middleware (auth, rate limiting, error handling)
├── models/         # Mongoose models
├── routes/         # API routes
├── services/       # Business logic
├── types/          # TypeScript type definitions
├── utils/          # Utility functions (cache, helpers)
└── app.ts          # Application entry point

🔒 Security Features

• 🛡️ Helmet for security headers
• 🌐 CORS configuration
• ⏱️ Rate limiting with in-memory store
• 🔑 JWT token authentication
• 🔐 Password hashing with bcryptjs
• ✅ Input validation and sanitization

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