Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

NPM / Yarn and Node.js installed

.env

In the server > .env file, you can find some information. Please use your own API key for future use, as this key may not work in the future.

BRAINTREE_MERCHANT_ID=your_id
BRAINTREE_PUBLIC_KEY=your_public_key
BRAINTREE_PRIVATE_KEY=your_private_key

🔑 Getting Braintree API Keys

To enable payment functionality, you need to configure your own Braintree API credentials.

Steps to get your Braintree API keys

1. Go to the official Braintree website: https://www.braintreepayments.com/

2. Create a free Sandbox account at https://sandbox.braintreegateway.com/

3. After logging in, navigate to:
   Account → Settings → API → API Keys

4. Click “Generate New API Key” if none exists.

5. Copy your credentials:

   • Merchant ID
   • Public Key
   • Private Key

6. Add them to your .env file (inside the server folder):

   BRAINTREE_MERCHANT_ID=your_merchant_id_here
   BRAINTREE_PUBLIC_KEY=your_public_key_here
   BRAINTREE_PRIVATE_KEY=your_private_key_here

Installing

Installing NPM modules on both client and server folders

Execute these commands from the project directory

cd client && npm install

cd server && npm install

Running the app

Open a terminal on server directory

npm run start:dev

and open another terminal on client directory

npm run start

Access the web app at http://localhost:3000/

8. After all the setup you finished create the web service and It will deploy the project.

You can deploy frontend into vercel or netlify also. Thanks