comprehensiveecommerceplatform-g3h19w/README.md

# Comprehensive E-Commerce Platform

A full-featured e-commerce API built with FastAPI and SQLite, designed to provide all the backend functionality needed for a modern online store.

## Features

- **User Management**
  - User registration and authentication with JWT
  - Role-based access control (Customer, Seller, Admin)
  - User profiles with address information
  - Password reset functionality

- **Product Management**
  - CRUD operations for products
  - Multiple product images
  - SKU and barcode support
  - Inventory tracking
  - Digital and physical product support

- **Category & Tag Management**
  - Hierarchical category structure
  - Product tagging system
  - SEO-friendly slugs

- **Shopping Cart**
  - Add, update, remove items
  - Custom product attributes/options
  - Persistent cart for registered users

- **Order Processing**
  - Order creation from cart
  - Order status tracking
  - Order history
  - Address management for shipping/billing

- **Payment Integration**
  - Multiple payment method support
  - Payment status tracking
  - Refund handling
  - Mock implementations for Stripe and PayPal

- **Inventory Management**
  - Stock level tracking
  - Low stock alerts
  - Stock update APIs

- **Search & Filtering**
  - Advanced product search
  - Sorting and filtering options
  - Relevance-based results

- **Reviews & Ratings**
  - User product reviews
  - Rating system
  - Verified purchase badges

- **Admin Dashboard**
  - Sales analytics
  - Customer insights
  - Product performance metrics
  - Order management

- **Security**
  - Rate limiting
  - Security headers
  - Input validation
  - Error handling

## Tech Stack

- **Framework**: FastAPI
- **Database**: SQLite with SQLAlchemy ORM
- **Migration**: Alembic
- **Authentication**: JWT with Python-JOSE
- **Validation**: Pydantic
- **Linting**: Ruff
- **Logging**: Python's built-in logging with rotation

## Installation

### Prerequisites

- Python 3.10 or higher
- pip (Python package manager)

### Setup

1. Clone the repository:
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/comprehensiveecommerceplatform.git
   cd comprehensiveecommerceplatform
   ```

2. Create a virtual environment:
   ```bash
   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows, use: venv\Scripts\activate
   ```

3. Install dependencies:
   ```bash
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   ```

4. Initialize the database:
   ```bash
   python -m app.utils.db_init
   ```

## Running the Application

Start the application with:

```bash
uvicorn main:app --reload
```

The API will be available at http://localhost:8000.

- Interactive API documentation: http://localhost:8000/docs
- Alternative API documentation: http://localhost:8000/redoc
- Health check endpoint: http://localhost:8000/health

## API Documentation

The API is fully documented with OpenAPI. You can explore the documentation using the interactive Swagger UI at `/docs` or ReDoc at `/redoc`.

### Authentication

Most endpoints require authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWT).

To authenticate:
1. Register a user using the `/api/auth/register` endpoint
2. Login using the `/api/auth/login` endpoint
3. Use the returned access token in the Authorization header:
   `Authorization: Bearer {your_access_token}`

### Default Admin Account

A default admin account is created when you initialize the database:
- Email: admin@example.com
- Password: admin

## Development

### Project Structure

```
/
├── app/                    # Application package
│   ├── core/               # Core functionality
│   │   ├── config.py       # Application settings
│   │   ├── database.py     # Database connection
│   │   └── security.py     # Security utilities
│   ├── dependencies/       # FastAPI dependencies
│   ├── middlewares/        # Custom middlewares
│   ├── models/             # SQLAlchemy models
│   ├── routers/            # API routes
│   ├── schemas/            # Pydantic schemas
│   ├── services/           # Business logic services
│   └── utils/              # Utility functions
├── migrations/             # Alembic migrations
├── scripts/                # Utility scripts
├── main.py                 # Application entry point
├── requirements.txt        # Dependencies
├── alembic.ini             # Alembic configuration
└── pyproject.toml          # Project configuration
```

### Database Migrations

The project uses Alembic for database migrations. The initial migration is already set up.

To create a new migration after making changes to the models:

```bash
alembic revision --autogenerate -m "Description of changes"
```

To apply migrations:

```bash
alembic upgrade head
```

### Adding New Features

When adding new features:

1. Define models in `app/models/`
2. Create Pydantic schemas in `app/schemas/`
3. Implement business logic in `app/services/`
4. Create API endpoints in `app/routers/`
5. Register new routers in `main.py`
6. Generate and apply database migrations

### Code Quality

Run linting and formatting with:

```bash
./scripts/lint.sh
```

## Deployment

### Production Configuration

For production deployment:

1. Set up a proper database (e.g., PostgreSQL) by updating the connection settings in `app/core/config.py`
2. Configure proper authentication for production in `app/core/config.py`
3. Update CORS settings in `main.py` to restrict allowed origins
4. Set up a reverse proxy (e.g., Nginx) in front of the application
5. Configure HTTPS

### Docker Deployment

A Dockerfile is included for containerized deployment:

```bash
docker build -t ecommerce-api .
docker run -p 8000:8000 ecommerce-api
```

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`)
5. Open a Pull Request