🛠️ Trendz Ecommerce Backend

Welcome to the Trendz Ecommerce Backend, the core of a powerful and scalable online shopping platform.
This backend handles user authentication, product management, orders, payments, and real-time updates, ensuring a seamless shopping experience.

🚀 Live API

🔗 API Base URL

📢 Important!
This repository contains only the backend code.
For the frontend, visit: Trendz Ecommerce Frontend.

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📜 Table of Contents

• ✨ Features
• 🛠 Technologies Used
• 🚀 Installation
• 🕹 Usage
• 🤝 Contributing
• 📄 License

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✨ Features

✅ User Authentication – Secure login & signup with JWT
✅ Product Management – Add, update, and delete products
✅ Shopping Cart & Orders – Handle orders, payments, and shipping
✅ Admin Dashboard – Manage users, products, and orders
✅ Secure Payment Integration – Connect with Stripe or PayPal
✅ RESTful API – Well-structured endpoints for smooth frontend communication
✅ Scalable & Secure – Built with performance and security in mind

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🛠 Technologies Used

• Backend Framework: Node.js + Express.js
• Database: MongoDB + Mongoose
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token)
• Real-Time Updates: WebSockets (Socket.io)
• Payment Gateway: Stripe / PayPal
• API Documentation: Swagger / Postman
• Deployment: Render / AWS

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/itxnargis/trendz-ecommerce-backend.git
   cd trendz-ecommerce-backend
   

2. Install Dependencies

   npm install
   

3. Configure environment

   PORT=5000
   MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
   JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key
   STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=your_stripe_key
   FRONTEND_URL=https://trendz-ecommerce-tau.vercel.app
   

4. Start the server

   npm start
   

5. Your API will be live at http://localhost:5000.

🕹 Usage

1️⃣ User Registration & Login – Create an account and authenticate
2️⃣ Product Management – Fetch, add, update, or delete products
3️⃣ Cart & Orders – Manage shopping cart and place orders
4️⃣ Admin Controls – Manage users, orders, and inventory

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the project.
2. Create your feature branch:

   git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature

3. Commit your changes:

   git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'

4. Push to the branch:

   git push origin feature/AmazingFeature

5. Open a Pull Request.

📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.