📚 MERN Smart Book Store with AI Recommendation System

A full-stack Smart Book Store built using the MERN stack with a Python AI/ML-based recommendation system that suggests books based on user search behavior and interests.

The platform works like a real e-commerce bookstore where users can browse, search, buy books, track orders, and receive intelligent book recommendations.

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🚀 Tech Stack

Frontend

• ⚛️ React.js
• 🔄 Redux Toolkit
• 🧭 React Router
• 🌐 Axios
• 🎨 Tailwind CSS / CSS

Backend

• 🟢 Node.js
• 🚂 Express.js
• 🍃 MongoDB + Mongoose
• 🔐 JWT Authentication
• 🔑 Bcrypt (Password Hashing)

AI/ML Recommendation Service

• 🐍 Python
• ⚡ Flask / FastAPI
• 🤖 Machine Learning (Content-based Recommendation)
• 🧠 NLP for text analysis

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✨ Key Features

👤 User Features

• User Register & Login
• Browse Books
• Search Books
• AI-based Book Recommendations
• Add to Cart
• Online Payment Integration
• Track Order Status
• View Order History

🛠 Admin Features

• Admin Login
• Upload New Books (image, price, description)
• Update Book Details
• Delete Books
• View All Orders
• Update Order Status (Pending → Shipped → Delivered)

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🧠 How Recommendation System Works

1. User types a search query.
2. Query is sent to Python AI service.
3. ML model analyzes book titles, descriptions, and genres.
4. Similar books are recommended.
5. Recommendations appear dynamically on UI.

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⚙️ How to Run the Project

1️⃣ Start Backend

cd backend
npm install
npm start

2️⃣ Start Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm start

3️⃣ Start AI Recommendation Service

cd ai-service
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

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🛢️ Environment Variables (.env)

Create a .env file in backend:

env file consist port number links etc....

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💳 Payment Integration

Supports:

• Razorpay / Cod

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🔐 Security Features

• Hashed passwords with bcrypt
• JWT authentication
• Protected user & admin routes

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🎯 Future Enhancements

• Wishlist
• Book Reviews & Ratings
• Personalized Dashboard
• Real-time Order Tracking
• Advanced AI Recommendations

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👨‍💻 Developed By

Your Name MERN Stack Developer | AI/ML Enthusiast:- Prabhat Pal

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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