I completed this challenge using Node.js paired with Postgres and Knex.js as the ORM and Postico as the client.
Documentation (using postman) for all the endpoints can be found here: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/2117258/RzteSruv
Install Postgres with homebrew: brew install postgresql
Check version: postgres -V
Create our db: createdb shopify-challenge
Open up psql utility: psql postgres
(Optional) set password: \password
Check to make sure our db was created: \list
Other useful commands:
To drop our db: dropdb
To exit psql: \q
- Postgres Client for OSX
Download at: https://eggerapps.at/postico/download/
Connecting to local db: select New Favorite add pw, and select Show all Databases, click Done and then Connect
install dependencies: npm install
run migrations: knex migrate:latest
run seeds: knex seed:run
start nodemon: npm start nodemon or just npm start to run without the demon
Head over to postman to get started!
The Get products endpoint will fetch items one at a time or all at once depending on the use of limit and offset.
Products can be purchased both directly and after being added to a cart. I'm assuming if a product has no inventory it will simply be left in the cart. I also am not deleting the cart after completion.
There were a lot of features I would have loved to add and several elements I would have liked to improve on such as:
- Security (JWT, better error handling/checking, proper logging, etc)
- Database (improve design i.e. a user table, read and write database)
- Better docs (better comments on the code, error examples)
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