E-commerce application

E-commerce websites require a tremendous amount of data. I searched for APIs online, but they were all priced services. Instead, I used browserless.io to fetch data from the e-commerce sites. Utilizing Puppeteer, I scraped data from different sites .

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Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB
• Architecture: MVC (Model-View-Controller)

Setup and Contributions Guidelines

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📤 Set up

These are the steps required to install/run the project.

1. Create a new branch:

   git checkout -b your-branch-name

2. Clone the repository into the new branch:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repository.git .

3. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd your-repository

4. Navigate to the client folder:

   cd client

5. Add this .env file in the client's root folder:

    "REACT_APP_API_URL=<your_backend_url>" 

6. Install frontend dependencies:

   npm install

7. Start the frontend server:

   npm start

8. Add this .env file in the server's root folder:

   DB='mongodb+srv://Admin_364:[email protected]/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=CourseApp'
   PORT=5000

9. Open another terminal and navigate to the server folder:

   cd ../server

10. Install backend dependencies:

    npm install

11. Create a database in MongoDB Atlas and add the connection string to the .env file:(you can skip as i have already provided connection string)

    • Create an account on MongoDB Atlas.
    • Create a new cluster and database.
    • Get the connection string.
    • Update the .env file in the server directory with your connection string.

12. Start the backend server:

    npm start

13. Now you are all set to start working on this project and do some contributions:

    • Make your changes.

    • Stage and commit your changes.

    • Push your changes to your branch:

      git push origin your-branch-name

Work in Progress

This project is still under active development. Feel free to contribute or check back later for updates.