🛒 E-Commerce Backend

A fully functional backend API for an E-Commerce platform, built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB (Mongoose).
This project powers core e-commerce features such as authentication, product management, order handling, and role-based access control.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 User authentication (JWT-based)
• 👤 Role-based authorization (Admin & User)
• 🛍️ Product CRUD operations
• 🧾 Category management
• 📦 Order creation and management
• 📧 Email notifications (Mailer utility)
• 🧠 Data validation
• 🧱 Modular and scalable folder structure
• 🌍 Ready for deployment (Procfile included)

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Backend Framework: Node.js + Express
• Database: MongoDB (with Mongoose ORM)
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
• Validation: Express Validator / Custom middleware
• Mailing: NodeMailer
• Environment Management: dotenv
• Deployment: Render / Heroku

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⚙️ Getting Started

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Olukeye/E-commerce-backend.git
cd E-commerce-backend

npm install
# or
yarn install
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### Environment variable keys
```bash
PORT=3000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key
EMAIL_HOST=smtp.yourmail.com
EMAIL_PORT=587
EMAIL_USER=your_email@example.com
EMAIL_PASS=your_email_password


npm run dev

Project structure

### Clone the repository
E-commerce-backend/
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├── controller/         # Route controllers
├── model/              # Mongoose models (User, Product, Order, etc.)
├── routes/             # API routes
├── validator/          # Request validators
├── mailer.js           # Email utility
├── server.js           # Entry point
├── Procfile            # Deployment config
├── package.json
├── .env.example        # Example environment variables
└── README.md