CANTCRED

This is my submission for winter of code 2023 conducted by SDSLabs, IIT Roorkee.

About

Cantcred is a web app to connect users and vendors across the R-land for the R-junta. It helps users to book items even without paying right now by using a credit system and keeps track of all the orders. It also helps users by saving their time while booking orders. For the vendors, this app provides a platform where each and every order is tracked and it reduces the risk of fraud.

Features

User

• Book food items from registered vendors
• Pay directly or Pay later using Credit system
• View your past orders and refill your credit
• Direct login via Channel-i
• Friendly User Interface and easy navigation

Vendor

• Manual Registration using vendor details , passwords are hashed
• Verification needed to access User Portal
• Payment through Stripe
• Friendly Interface to view menu, add items
• View your past orders, current orders , and pending credit details

Tech Stack and Dependencies used

• NodeJS , Express , MongoDB , Handlebars , Materialize 1.0.0 - to handle the frontend and backend
• bcrypt - for hashing passwords
• mongoose - for connecting node and mongodb
• moments - to format the date
• express-session, cookie-parser - to register sessions for the user and the vendor
• passport - to authenticate using channeli
• xhr2 - to handle xml http requests

Setting up the server

Prerequisites : Node.js , Git

• Clone the repository in your desired folder , copy the https url or SSH , you can clone by opening terminal and running the command git clone -b <branch name> <repo link>
• Open terminal in the directory , run the command mv .env.sample .env
• Open the file .env using any text editor or VS code , Put in the channel-i client ID in ID , the secret in SECRET , database link in DB , session secret in SCR, it is preferred to keep the PORT at 4000 only , in SK put in the stripe key
• Open terminal in the directory , run the command npm i then after installation of dependencies run the command npm start
• Open another terminal in the same directory , run the command stripe listen --forward-to localhost:4000/users/webhook, keep this terminal running
• Go to your browser and go to http://localhost:4000 , you are all set now

Using the Application

User :

• Click on the user button , it will redirect you to channel-i , enter your channel-i credentials
• Enter your mobile number for first time onboarding
• You can now use the app to order items, view your previous orders
• PS : you may get a pleasant surprise if you go to any undefined path (for example /users/dfdaf

Vendor :

• Click on vendor , then you can regitser , enter your details and click on submit. If already registered you can login and skip the next three steps.
• Await verification , and then login
• Click on accept payments for first time onboarding
• Configure payments using the Configure Payment link
• You can now use the portal as a vendor , add items , view your menu , view previous orders , view current orders , view pending credit transactions

Author

Aaditya Gupta

Mentors

Tanmay Bajaj Gurmannat Sohal