Backend for Strange Flora

Live Frontend

Live API

Frontend Repo

Backend API built on

• Mongo
• Mongoose
• Express
• BodyParser
• CORS
• Node

The backend API for Strange Flora, a React eCommerce site. API development is tested during development using Postman.

/api/products/all //view all products
/api/products/:id //view specific product
/api/featured/:type_id //get featured products for category

/api/categories/all //view all categories
/api/categories/:category_id //view specific category
/api/categories/:category/products //view all products in category

/api/landingsections/ //get all landingsections

/api/deliveries/ //get all delivery options

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V1.0

Init

• Install base dependencies
• Create index

Basic Errors

• Create error handler in index
• Create handlers/error to format JSON errors
• Use in app

Model Schemas

• Create models/index
• Add all basic schemas based on frontend seeds

User Schema Auth

• Add preSave bcrypt to encrypt password
• Add comparePassword to check correct password

Auth Handlers 1

• Add .env
• Async signup
• Signup JWT
• Handle validation error
• Add signup route

Auth Handlers 2

• Add signin handler
• Include in routes

Reviews

• Link Users and Reviews
• Include in models/index
• Include in index.js
• Add routes

Middleware 1

• Add loginrequired function
• Check header token for user logged in

Middleware 2

• Add ensureCorrectUser function
• check user id of request matches user logged in
• Include middleware in app
• Pass to reviews routes

Product

• Post, GetAll handlers
• Post, GetAll routes

Category

• Post, GetAll handlers
• Post, GetAll routes

landingSection

• Post, GetAll handlers
• Post, GetAll routes

Seed DB

• Copy seed function from frontend
• Convert to Mongoose population
• Include in app

getCategoryProducts

• Add route
• Add handler to return products in specific category

getDeliveries

• Add delivery option model
• Add route to get delivery options
• Add handler to return array of name, price objects

Type

• Change type in Product to category id ref
• Update category model to 'type' for clearer syntax
• Populate product response type fields
• Update seeds
• Add type lookup to routes which require id/type conversion

V2.0

Live Heroku Prep

• Add procfile
• Change port listener
• Add url for MongoDB
• Add dotEnv for MongoDB ID

Push Live

• Add heroku app
• Link to Github master branch
• Push live

getFeaturedProducts

• Simplify function to add last objects to array instead of random

Implement Users

• Add user handlers
• Add user routes
• Add personal wishlist & cart arrays to user model
• Add deleteUser route for testing