This is the back end for an e-commerce website built using Express.js and Sequelize. It provides API routes to manage categories, products, and tags in a MySQL database.

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Navigate to the project directory.
3. Run npm install to install the required dependencies.

1. Create a .env file in the root directory and provide the following environment variables:
   • DB_NAME - The name of your MySQL database.
   • DB_USER - Your MySQL username.
   • DB_PW - Your MySQL password.
2. Run the schema.sql file in the MySQL shell to create the database:
3. (Optional) Run the seed data to populate the database with test data:
4. Start the server by running npm start.
5. Use an API testing tool like Insomnia Core to interact with the API endpoints.
6. The API routes can be accessed at http://localhost:3001/api.

The database contains the following four models:

• id (Integer, Primary Key, Auto Increment, Not Null)
• category_name (String, Not Null)

• id (Integer, Primary Key, Auto Increment, Not Null)
• product_name (String, Not Null)
• price (Decimal, Not Null, Validated as Decimal)
• stock (Integer, Not Null, Default Value: 10, Validated as Numeric)
• category_id (Integer, References category model's id)

• id (Integer, Primary Key, Auto Increment, Not Null)
• tag_name (String, Not Null)

• id (Integer, Primary Key, Auto Increment, Not Null)
• product_id (Integer, References product model's id)
• tag_id (Integer, References tag model's id)

• GET /api/categories - Get all categories.

• GET /api/categories/:id - Get a category by ID.

• POST /api/categories - Create a new category.

• PUT /api/categories/:id - Update a category.

• DELETE /api/categories/:id - Delete a category.

• GET /api/products - Get all products.

• GET /api/products/:id - Get a product by ID.

• POST /api/products - Create a new product.

• PUT /api/products/:id - Update a product.

• DELETE /api/products/:id - Delete a product.

• GET /api/tags - Get all tags.

• GET /api/tags/:id - Get a tag by ID.

• POST /api/tags - Create a new tag.

• PUT /api/tags/:id - Update a tag.

• DELETE /api/tags/:id - Delete a tag.

Link to the Walkthrough Video

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please feel free to create an issue or submit a pull request.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.