Auction

This is a simple web application and API for products tender. It is built using Laravel

Notice: This is for learning purpose, this project is not production ready.

It web based
REST API

It is built using laravel. Check out client android application Here

Requirements

PHP, Composer
MySQL database

Set up the application 🛠

Clone the repo

git clone git@github.com:muhozi/auction-application.git

Install the dependencies

This project uses laravel (php framework) and you need to have a php package manager installed which is Composer

cd auction-backend

composer install

Set up project configurations

Create configuration file (.env)

Copy the contents of .env.example by running the following:

cp .env.examle .env

Generate application key

Run the following command to generate the application key(for encryption and hashing)

php artisan key:generate

Set up Database

Create database and replace DB connnection details section in .env

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=db_name
DB_USERNAME=db_username
DB_PASSWORD=db_password

Run migrations

Run migration by running the following command:

php artisan migrate

Install passort(used for JWT)

Run the following command to set up for requirements to use passport(Laravel JWT authentication package). This will generate encryption keys and OAuth clients(Personal and Password grant clients)

php artisan passport:install

Run the application 🚀

Run the application using the following command:

php artisan serve

Authors

Emery Muhozi

Licence

MIT License.