Shopping cart system

This project is a backend application built with Express, MongoDB, Redis and Mongoose. The sections below provides step-by-step guides for setting it up.

Prerequisites

Ensure the following are installed on your machine:

• Docker
• Node.js (preferably LTS version)

Project Setup

1. Clone the Repository

Clone the project repository:

git clone https://github.com/simplecodez/shopping_cart_system.git
cd shopping_cart_system

2. Install npm packages

npm install

3. Add the Environment variables

Create a file named .env at the root of your project and populate this envs

MONGODB_URI=
JWT_SECRET=
REDIS_HOST=localhost
REDIS_PORT=6379
REDIS_USERNAME=default

4. Run Redis on docker

The command below sets up the Redis image container as defined in the compose.yaml file.

docker-compose up -d

5. Start Application

Run the command below to start the app.

npm run dev

6. View Documentation

To view the API documentation, open your browser and go to:

documentation link