elRastro
🔍 Project Overview
This application was developed as the final project made for the “Web Engineering” class.
elRastro is a comprehensive application designed to facilitate the buying and selling of products, incorporating a bidding system. It is built on a microservices architecture, deployed in the cloud, and features functionalities such as user management, payments, and product visualization on a map.
🎯 Key Objectives
- User Management: Implementation of login and registration using Google OAuth 2.0.
- Secure Payments: PayPal integration for managing financial transactions.
- Product and Bid Management: Functionality to upload products, place bids, and automatically re-upload products without bids at a discount.
- Map Visualization: Displaying product locations on a map using Leaflet and OpenStreetMap.
- Communication: Messaging system for user conversations.
🛠 Technologies Used
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| Backend | Python, Django, Django REST Framework, pymongo, djongo, psycopg2 |
| Frontend | HTML, CSS, TypeScript, Angular (v17), ngx-paypal, angular-oauth2-oidc |
| Database | MongoDB (Atlas) |
| External Services | OpenStreetMap, TimeZoneDB, FreecurrencyAPI, Cloudinary, Google OAuth 2.0, PayPal |
| Version Control | Git, GitHub |
| Deployment | AWS EC2 (for microservices), Vercel (for frontend) |
✨ Application Flow & Key Features
The application is structured into several microservices for functionalities such as users, products, bids, carbon footprint, conversations, ratings, and images.
Main features:
- Google Login and Registration: Users can securely register and log in using their Google accounts via OAuth 2.0.
- PayPal Payment System: Integration with the
ngx-paypallibrary to facilitate payment for winning bids. - Smart Product Management: Products that close their auction without bids are automatically re-uploaded with a 10% discount and an extended closing date by one week.
- Interactive Product Map: Visualization of all available products on a map, allowing users to see their location and access more information.
- RESTful API: A set of APIs for managing users, products, bids, ratings, and conversations, enabling communication between the different microservices.
🦾 Credits
This project was developed in close collaboration with an outstanding team:
Their expertise, dedication, and teamwork were essential to the development of elRastro.