Atalanta A.C. API

The powerhouse behind Atalanta A.C., built with Laravel and Filament, handling everything from order management and user handling to secure payments and automated email delivery.


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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
2. Built With
3. Project Overview
4. Key Features
5. Architecture
6. Future Enhancements
7. Contact

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About The Project

The Atalanta A.C. API is the backbone of the Atalanta e-commerce platform, built using PHP's popular framework Laravel. It provides powerful backend support, handling crucial operations such as order management, product creation, secure payments, and email automation.

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Project Overview

The Atalanta A.C. API manages the following core responsibilities:

• Admin Dashboard: Built with Filament, providing a comprehensive admin dashboard to:

  • View and handle orders.
  • Manage users.
  • Create and update products, with images uploaded directly to AWS S3.
  • Modify homepage elements like the hero section and seasonal cards.

• Email Management: Automated email creation and delivery, powered by Mailtrap, for:

  • Email verification after registration.
  • Password reset emails.
  • Welcome emails for new users.
  • Order receipt emails.

• Secure Payments: Integrated with Stripe API to manage the heavy lifting of handling and securing user payment information.

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Key Features

1. Comprehensive Admin Dashboard
   The API utilizes Filament to offer a sleek admin interface, where authorized administrators can manage:

   • Orders, including creating and updating products.
   • Users and roles.
   • Homepage customization, including hero banners and seasonal cards.
   • Image uploads to AWS S3 for fast and secure storage.

2. Automated Email Functionality
   Using Mailtrap, the API handles a variety of email processes:

   • Account verification emails post-registration.
   • Password reset emails.
   • Order confirmation and receipt emails sent to users post-purchase.
   • Welcome emails for newly registered users.

3. Secure Payments with Stripe
   Orders are processed using Stripe, ensuring secure handling of users' personal and payment information. The API facilitates:

   • Payment processing.
   • Order creation and tracking.
   • Post-payment inventory updates in real-time.

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Architecture

The Atalanta A.C. API is hosted and deployed using Laravel Forge, which seamlessly pushes changes from GitHub to AWS upon each commit. Key components include:

1. Laravel Framework

   • Routing and Controllers: Managing API endpoints for all backend processes, including product management, user authentication, and order handling.
   • Models and Migrations: Powering the database layer with MySQL for structured data storage.

2. AWS Integration

   • AWS S3: Manages product images and other assets for efficient and scalable storage.
   • AWS RDS: Powers the database, hosting all essential data for products, users, and orders.

3. Stripe API

   • Payments: Handles secure transactions, ensuring smooth order processing and updating stock levels once payments are confirmed.

4. CI/CD Pipeline

   • Laravel Forge deploys the API onto AWS with a simple "deploy on git commit" script, ensuring continuous integration with minimal manual intervention.

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Future Enhancements

• Graphs and Charts: Add visual elements to the dashboard to track financial metrics, such as revenue flow over time.
• Enhanced CMS Features: Introduce more flexible content management tools, allowing admins to create frontend component blocks without needing to hard-code information.
• Improved Inventory Management: Implement a more efficient queue system to handle stock updates upon payment, offering a more robust inventory management experience.

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Contact

Henry Betancourth

• Email: [email protected]
• GitHub Repo: Atalanta Backend Repo

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