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MarketIO

Description

MarketIO is an e-commerce product comparison platform that scrapes products in real-time across 5 different platforms - AliExpress, Amazon, EzBuy, Lazada and Qoo10.

Features

  1. User authentication via the convential username and password, or via social platforms like Google
  2. Real-time product comparison across 5 different e-commerce platforms
  3. Watchlist for users to track specific products

Installation

  1. Clone this project using git clone: git clone https://github.com/marvine9830/MarketIO
  2. Add a .env file in the root folder of this project with the following variables:
DJANGO_SECRET_KEY = "<any randomly generated string with 64 alphanumeric characters>"
DJANGO_JWT_SIGNING_KEY = "<any randomly generated string with 64 alphanumeric characters>"
DJANGO_JWT_ALGORITHM = HS512
DJANGO_JWT_LIFETIME = 14
DJANGO_BACKEND_URL = http://127.0.0.1:8000    ## change this to your backend production url upon deployment
DJANGO_DEBUG = True
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID = "<your google project's client id>"
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET = "<your google project's client secret>"
NEXTAUTH_URL = http://127.0.0.1:3000  ## change this to your frontend production url upon deployment
NEXTAUTH_SECRET = "<any randomly generated string with 64 alphanumeric characters>"
NEXTAUTH_BACKEND_URL = http://127.0.0.1:8000    ## should be same as DJANGO_BACKEND_URL
NEXTAUTH_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL = http://127.0.0.1:8000    ## should be same as DJANGO_BACKEND_URL
  1. Install dependencies for both frontend and backend
    • Front-end
      • Navigate to the frontend directory: cd frontend
      • Install all frontend dependencies: npm install
    • Back-end
      • Navigate to the backend directory: cd backend
      • Generate a python virtual environment: python -m venv venv
      • Activate the python virtual environment: venv/Scripts/activate
      • Install all backend dependencies: pip install -r packages.txt
      • Navigate to the project directory: cd project
      • Generate project migration files: python manage.py makemigrations analytics products profiles scrapers search watchlists
      • Migrate the project: python manage.py migrate
      • Create a new super user: python manage.py createsuperuser, follow the prompts provided

Running the Project

  1. Build the static files for the Next.js frontend
    • Navigate to the frontend directory: cd frontend
    • Generate an optimised production build: npm run build
  2. Run the Next.js frontend: npm run start
  3. Run the Django backend
    • Navigate to the Django project directory: cd backend/project
    • Run the Django server: python manage.py runserver
  4. Open the project in your browser (if you did not change the urls in the environment variables)
    • Frontend: 127.0.0.1:3000
    • Backend: 127.0.0.1:8000

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