Outlaw Express E-commerce Website

Welcome to Outlaw Express, an E-commerce website offering a diverse range of clothing for your shopping pleasure. This platform is built with a focus on providing a seamless shopping experience, robust authentication and authorization mechanisms, and secure payment processing through the PayPal API.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Technologies
• Getting Started
  • Installation
  • Configuration
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Features

• Browse through an extensive collection of clothing items conveniently categorized.
• Responsive and user-friendly design for a seamless shopping experience on various devices.
• Secure user authentication and authorization system powered by Django.
• Email authentication for hassle-free account creation and login.
• Integration with the PayPal API for secure and reliable payment processing.
• User profiles to manage personal information, orders, and preferences.

Technologies

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript
• Backend: Python, Django
• Database: PostgreSQL

Getting Started

Follow these instructions to get a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/sampatkalyan/OutlawExpress.git
cd OutlawExpress

2. Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended):

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

1. Create a .env file in the project root directory and set the following environment variables:

SECRET_KEY=your_django_secret_key
DEBUG=True  # Set to False in production
EMAIL_HOST=your_email_host
EMAIL_PORT=your_email_port
EMAIL_HOST_USER=your_email_username
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=your_email_password
PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID=your_paypal_client_id
PAYPAL_SECRET_KEY=your_paypal_secret_key

2. Configure the PostgreSQL database settings in settings.py.

Usage

1. Run the development server:

python manage.py runserver

2. Access the website at http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your web browser.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions, feel free to open a pull request.

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