E-Commerce Backend

A backend e-commerce application built with Python and Flask for managing users, products, and orders.

Features

• User registration and authentication
• Product creation, updating, and deletion
• Order creation and management
• Admin functionality and route access control

Tech Stack

• Python
• Flask
• SQLAlchemy
• SQLite (for development)
• dotenv (for environment config)

📁 Project Structure

e-commerce/ ├── admin_routes.py ├── app.py ├── config.py ├── customer_routes.py ├── models.py ├── toolz.py ├── user_routes.py ├── instance/ ├── migrations/ ├── venv/ ├── .env ├── .gitignore

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/queenrashy/e-commerce.git
   cd e-commerce
   

2. Create and Activate Virtual Environment python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install Dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create a .env File FLASK_APP=app.py FLASK_ENV=development SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key

5. Set Up the Database flask db init flask db migrate flask db upgrade

6. Run the Application flask run Visit: http://localhost:5000

Usage Use tools like Postman to test API endpoints for: -Users -Products -Orders -Admin routes

🤝 Contributing Feel free to fork this repo and submit a pull request for improvements or bug fixes. 6. Run the Application