CodeAlpha_EcommerceStore

Simple full-stack e-commerce store built for the CodeAlpha Full Stack Development internship (Task 1). MERN stack: React (Vite) frontend, Express.js + MongoDB (Mongoose) backend.

Features

• User registration/login with JWT auth
• Product listing with search
• Product detail page
• Shopping cart (add/update/remove items)
• Checkout with shipping address → order creation
• Order history and order detail page
• Admin-only product management endpoints (create/update/delete)

Stack

• Frontend: React 19, Vite, React Router, Axios
• Backend: Node.js, Express 5, Mongoose, JWT, bcryptjs
• Database: MongoDB (Atlas or local)

Project structure

CodeAlpha_EcommerceStore/
├── client/   React frontend
└── server/   Express API

Local setup

1. Backend

cd server
npm install
cp .env.example .env   # fill in MONGODB_URI and JWT_SECRET
npm run seed            # optional: seeds sample products + an admin user
npm run dev

Server runs on http://localhost:5000.

2. Frontend

cd client
npm install
cp .env.example .env    # points to the local API by default
npm run dev

Client runs on http://localhost:5173.

Seeded admin account (after npm run seed)

• Email: admin@codealpha.dev
• Password: admin123

API overview

Method	Route	Description	Auth
POST	/api/auth/register	Create an account	-
POST	/api/auth/login	Log in	-
GET	/api/auth/me	Current user	User
GET	/api/products	List/search products	-
GET	/api/products/:id	Product detail	-
POST	/api/products	Create product	Admin
PUT	/api/products/:id	Update product	Admin
DELETE	/api/products/:id	Delete product	Admin
GET	/api/cart	Get current user's cart	User
POST	/api/cart	Add item to cart	User
PUT	/api/cart/:productId	Update item quantity	User
DELETE	/api/cart/:productId	Remove item from cart	User
POST	/api/orders	Place order from cart	User
GET	/api/orders	List my orders	User
GET	/api/orders/:id	Order detail	User/Admin
PUT	/api/orders/:id/status	Update order status	Admin

Deployment

• Frontend → Vercel
• Backend → Render
• Database → MongoDB Atlas