DannyDakota.github.io

To run the app:

1. Clone repo

in your CLI:

1. git clone [email protected]:DannyDakota/DannyDakota.github.io.git / you can download the folder and open it in visual studio
2. cd DannyDakota.github.io

2. Setup MongoDB

Local MongoDB

Install it from here

Create .env file in root folder

Set MONGODB_URL=mongodb://localhost/relaxshopping

Atlas Cloud MongoDB

Create database at https://cloud.mongodb.com

Create a user with read and write to databse privileges(under Database Access)

Create .env file in root folder

Set MONGODB_URL=mongodb+srv://your-db-connection

Also, for safe measure, insert the connection string into the server.js file in the backend folder.

3. Run Backend

In your CLI(in the code folder):

1) npm install

2) npm start

4. Open new terminal

In your CLI(in the code folder):

1) cd frontend

2) npm install

3) npm start

5. Seed Users and products

Run this on chrome: http://localhost:5000/api/users/seed

Run this on chrome: http://localhost:5000/api/products/seed

This creates 6 sample products

Note:

-To access seller dedicated application:

User : [email protected]

Password: 1234

-Also note that we process insert each search scrape into the mongoDB server so refrain from searching the same string twice as it will result in duplicate elements popping up in the product screen. Instead, proceed to categories on the left to select the previously searched string.

-If anyone has issues setting up, you can just contact me @dannydakota on telegram!