An end-to-end ecommerce platform built with a focus on backend development best practices, ensuring reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
This project demonstrates advanced backend development skills, including transaction-safe stock management, asynchronous processing with task queues, secure authentication, and cloud-based storage solutions. Built with a scalable architecture, it ensures data consistency, fault tolerance, and high performance.
- User Authentication: Secure authentication and session management.
- Product Search: Paginated and filtered searching, including categories and price ranges.
- Persistent Basket: Persistent user baskets, with real-time stock validation.
- Stock Reservation & Validation: Ensures accurate stock levels using MongoDB transactions.
- Payment: Integrated with PayPal for secure transactions.
- Asynchronous Task Processing: Uses BullMQ for background email notifications.
- Scheduled Jobs: Cron job releases stock from abandoned orders.
- File Uploads & Storage: Images handled via Multer, stored in Amazon S3, and served through CloudFront CDN.
- API Validation: Type-safe request validation using Zod and TypeScript.
- Backend: Node.js, Express, TypeScript
- Database: MongoDB with Mongoose
- Queue & Jobs: BullMQ, Redis, Cron Jobs
- Payment Gateway: PayPal SDK
- File Storage: Amazon S3, CloudFront CDN
- Validation: Zod & TypeScript
- Email Delivery: Nodemailer, Mailgun
- Deployment: Fly.io
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/leburgeon/ecom-backapi.git
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Install dependencies:
cd ecom-backapi npm install -
Set up environment variables (example in
.env.example) -
Start the development server:
npm run dev
This project is deployed on Fly.io, ensuring scalable backend performance.
For inquiries, reach out via GitHub issues or email.
This project showcases expertise in backend development, emphasizing scalable architectures, database transactions, and cloud integrations to ensure a robust ecommerce experience.