Dummy Bookstore MVC / REST API

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Features
3. Technologies Used
4. Project Structure
5. Installation
6. Usage
7. API Endpoints
8. Contact

Introduction

This project is a somewhat comprehensive portfolio dummy example of a bookstore web application built using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL. it has almost all the functionality of a real e-commerce website but of course no payment gateaway or anything like that cause y'know "dummy" and all that, The project follows OOP and MVC best practices and includes a RESTful API for interacting with the bookstore's data.

What i want to specifically point out is the no use of back-end frameworks or any kind of dependencies because this is my version of the to-do app, which i wanted to test out what the max i can do with purely vanilla lang knowledge.

Features

• User authentication system with registration and login/logout
• Cart system with CRUD implemented for cart items
• Order processing system with confirmation and order details and order history pages
• Book listing, specific book detail page and search functionality
• RESTful API for book data, user auth, admin panel with all the request method for CRUD operations
• Admin dashboard for managing books, users, and orders

Technologies Used

• Frontend: HTML, CSS (Bootstrap), JavaScript
• Backend: PHP (OOP, MVC)
• Database: MySQL
• API: RESTful architecture

Project Structure

as you can see from the repo it's set up using the MVC structure and handled as best of my ability using DRY, OOP principles

Installation

1. Clone the repository:
2. Set up the database using the database file provided and update the configuration file in config/config.php.
3. Start your local server and access the project via your browser.

Usage

1. Access the frontend via http://localhost/bookstore/public/.
2. Use the admin dashboard to manage books, users, and orders.
3. Interact with the API using tools like Postman or curl.

OR BETTER YET, CHECK IT OUT LIVE, HERE: https://abdubookstore.wuaze.com/

API Endpoints

• GET bookstore/public/api/books: Fetch a list of books with pagination.
• GET bookstore/public/api/books/{id}: Fetch details of a specific book.
• POST bookstore/public/api/users/register: Register a new user.
• POST bookstore/public/api/users/login: Authenticate a user and receive a token.
• POST bookstore/public/api/cart/add: Add a book to the shopping cart.
• POST bookstore/public/api/orders/place: Place an order. // these are just the tip of the iceberg, for all endpoints check app/routes/api.php

Contact

For any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me at:

• Email: iamabduahmed@gmail.com
• Portfolio: https://abdu-ahmed.github.io/