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Multi-Tenant Ecommerce Platform

A production-ready, multi-tenant ecommerce platform that enables vendors to operate independent webshops while integrating with external marketplaces. Built with complete vendor isolation, comprehensive business features, and modern reactive frontend.

🚀 Features

Core Business Features

• Multi-Vendor Marketplace: Complete vendor isolation with independent webshops
• Marketplace Integration: Import and curate products from external marketplaces (Letzshop CSV)
• Product Catalog Management: Vendor-scoped product publishing from marketplace imports
• Inventory Management: Real-time stock tracking with location-based inventory
• Order Management: Complete order lifecycle with status tracking and fulfillment
• Customer Management: Vendor-scoped customer accounts with order history
• Team Management: Role-based access control with granular permissions
• Shopping Cart: Session-based cart with real-time updates

Technical Features

• Modern Frontend Stack: Alpine.js for reactive UI with zero build step
• RESTful API Architecture: FastAPI with comprehensive OpenAPI documentation
• Service Layer Pattern: Clean separation of business logic and data access
• Exception-First Error Handling: Frontend-friendly error responses with consistent error codes
• Multi-tenant Security: Complete data isolation with vendor context detection
• Background Job Processing: Async marketplace imports with status tracking
• Comprehensive API: Admin, Vendor, and Public (Customer) endpoints

Security & Compliance

• Complete Data Isolation: Chinese wall between vendor data
• JWT Authentication: Secure token-based authentication for all user types
• Role-Based Access Control: Granular permissions (Owner, Manager, Editor, Viewer)
• Vendor Context Detection: Subdomain and path-based tenant isolation
• Input Validation: Pydantic models for all API requests
• Exception Handling: Structured error responses with proper HTTP status codes

🏗️ Architecture

Technology Stack

• Backend: Python 3.13+ with FastAPI
• Database: PostgreSQL with SQLAlchemy ORM
• Frontend: Vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript with Alpine.js (CDN-based, no build step)
• Authentication: JWT tokens with role-based permissions
• Background Jobs: Async CSV import processing
• API Documentation: Auto-generated OpenAPI/Swagger

Multi-Tenancy Model

Platform
├── Admin Portal (admin.platform.com or /admin)
│   ├── Vendor management
│   ├── User administration
│   ├── Platform statistics
│   └── Import job monitoring
├── Vendor A (vendor-a.platform.com or /vendor/{code})
│   ├── Marketplace product imports
│   ├── Product catalog publishing
│   ├── Order management
│   ├── Customer management
│   ├── Team management
│   └── Inventory tracking
├── Vendor B (vendor-b.platform.com or /vendor/{code})
│   └── Completely isolated from Vendor A
└── Customer Shop (/shop or subdomain)
    ├── Product browsing
    ├── Shopping cart
    ├── Order placement
    └── Order history

Data Flow

Marketplace CSV → Import Job → MarketplaceProduct (Staging) → Product (Catalog) → Order → Customer
                       ↓                ↓                          ↓
                 Job Status      Product Selection         Inventory Tracking

📁 Project Structure

├── main.py                     # FastAPI application entry point
├── app/
│   ├── api/
│   │   ├── main.py            # API router aggregation
│   │   ├── deps.py            # Dependency injection (auth, context)
│   │   └── v1/                # API version 1
│   │       ├── admin/         # Admin endpoints
│   │       │   ├── __init__.py
│   │       │   ├── auth.py
│   │       │   ├── vendors.py
│   │       │   ├── users.py
│   │       │   ├── marketplace.py
│   │       │   └── dashboard.py
│   │       ├── vendor/        # Vendor endpoints
│   │       │   ├── __init__.py
│   │       │   ├── auth.py
│   │       │   ├── dashboard.py
│   │       │   ├── products.py
│   │       │   ├── orders.py
│   │       │   ├── marketplace.py
│   │       │   ├── inventory.py
│   │       │   └── vendor.py
│   │       └── public/        # Customer endpoints
│   │           ├── __init__.py
│   │           └── vendors/
│   │               ├── auth.py
│   │               ├── products.py
│   │               ├── cart.py
│   │               └── orders.py
│   ├── core/
│   │   ├── database.py        # Database configuration
│   │   ├── security.py        # JWT and password utilities
│   │   └── config.py          # Application settings
│   ├── exceptions/            # Custom exceptions
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── base.py
│   │   ├── auth.py
│   │   ├── vendor.py
│   │   ├── customer.py
│   │   ├── product.py
│   │   ├── order.py
│   │   ├── inventory.py
│   │   ├── team.py
│   │   ├── marketplace_product.py
│   │   ├── marketplace_import_job.py
│   │   └── admin.py
│   └── services/              # Business logic layer
│       ├── auth_service.py
│       ├── admin_service.py
│       ├── vendor_service.py
│       ├── customer_service.py
│       ├── product_service.py
│       ├── order_service.py
│       ├── cart_service.py
│       ├── inventory_service.py
│       ├── team_service.py
│       ├── marketplace_service.py
│       └── stats_service.py
├── models/
│   ├── database/              # SQLAlchemy ORM models
│   │   ├── base.py
│   │   ├── user.py
│   │   ├── vendor.py
│   │   ├── customer.py
│   │   ├── product.py
│   │   ├── order.py
│   │   ├── inventory.py
│   │   ├── marketplace_product.py
│   │   └── marketplace_import_job.py
│   └── schemas/               # Pydantic validation models
│       ├── auth.py
│       ├── vendor.py
│       ├── customer.py
│       ├── product.py
│       ├── order.py
│       ├── inventory.py
│       ├── marketplace_product.py
│       ├── marketplace_import_job.py
│       └── stats.py
├── middleware/
│   ├── auth.py                # JWT authentication
│   ├── vendor_context.py      # Multi-tenant context detection
│   ├── rate_limiter.py        # API rate limiting
│   └── decorators.py          # Utility decorators
├── static/                    # Frontend assets (no build step required)
│   ├── admin/                 # Admin interface
│   │   ├── login.html
│   │   ├── dashboard.html
│   │   └── vendors.html
│   ├── vendor/                # Vendor management UI
│   │   ├── login.html
│   │   ├── dashboard.html
│   │   └── admin/
│   │       ├── products.html
│   │       ├── orders.html
│   │       └── marketplace.html
│   ├── shop/                  # Customer shop interface
│   │   ├── products.html
│   │   ├── product.html       # Alpine.js product detail
│   │   ├── cart.html
│   │   └── account/
│   │       ├── register.html
│   │       ├── login.html
│   │       └── orders.html
│   ├── css/
│   │   ├── shared/
│   │   │   ├── base.css       # CSS variables, utility classes
│   │   │   └── auth.css
│   │   ├── admin/
│   │   │   └── admin.css
│   │   ├── vendor/
│   │   │   └── vendor.css
│   │   └── shop/
│   │       └── shop.css
│   └── js/
│       └── shared/
│           ├── api-client.js
│           ├── vendor-context.js
│           └── utils.js
├── scripts/
│   ├── init_db.py             # Database initialization
│   └── create_admin.py        # Admin user creation
└── tests/
    ├── unit/
    ├── integration/
    └── e2e/

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.13+
• PostgreSQL 14+ (SQLite for development)
• Node.js (optional, only for development tools)

Development Setup

1. Clone and Setup Environment

git clone <repository-url>
cd multi-tenant-ecommerce
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Database Setup

# Create database
createdb ecommerce_db

# Run migrations
python scripts/init_db.py

# Create initial admin user
python scripts/create_admin.py

3. Environment Configuration

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your configuration

Minimal .env:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/ecommerce_db
SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key-here-generate-with-openssl
ALGORITHM=HS256
ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES=30
DEVELOPMENT_MODE=true

4. Start Application

# Start FastAPI application
uvicorn main:app --reload --port 8000

5. Access the Platform

• Admin Panel: http://localhost:8000/admin/
• Vendor Login: http://localhost:8000/vendor/login
• Customer Shop: http://localhost:8000/shop/
• API Documentation: http://localhost:8000/docs
• Health Check: http://localhost:8000/health

First Steps

1. Login to Admin Panel

   • URL: http://localhost:8000/admin/
   • Credentials: Created via create_admin.py

2. Create First Vendor

   • Navigate to Admin → Vendors
   • Click "Create Vendor"
   • Fill in vendor details (name, code, subdomain)
   • System creates vendor + owner user account
   • Note the temporary password

3. Login as Vendor Owner

   • URL: http://localhost:8000/vendor/login (or subdomain)
   • Use vendor owner credentials

4. Import Products from Marketplace

   • Navigate to Vendor → Marketplace Import
   • Configure Letzshop CSV URL
   • Trigger import job
   • Monitor import status

5. Publish Products to Catalog

   • Review imported products in staging
   • Select products to publish
   • Configure pricing and inventory
   • Publish to customer-facing catalog

📋 API Structure

Admin APIs (/api/v1/admin)

Authentication:

POST   /auth/login                    # Admin login

Vendor Management:

GET    /vendors                       # List all vendors
POST   /vendors                       # Create vendor with owner
GET    /vendors/{id}                  # Get vendor details
PUT    /vendors/{id}/verify           # Verify/unverify vendor
PUT    /vendors/{id}/status           # Toggle active status
DELETE /vendors/{id}                  # Delete vendor

User Management:

GET    /users                         # List all users
PUT    /users/{id}/status             # Toggle user status

Marketplace Monitoring:

GET    /marketplace-import-jobs       # Monitor all import jobs

Dashboard & Statistics:

GET    /dashboard                     # Admin dashboard
GET    /dashboard/stats               # Comprehensive statistics
GET    /dashboard/stats/marketplace   # Marketplace breakdown
GET    /dashboard/stats/platform      # Platform-wide metrics

Vendor APIs (/api/v1/vendor)

Authentication:

POST   /auth/login                    # Vendor team login
POST   /auth/logout                   # Logout

Dashboard:

GET    /dashboard/stats               # Vendor-specific statistics

Product Management:

GET    /products                      # List catalog products
POST   /products                      # Add product to catalog
GET    /products/{id}                 # Get product details
PUT    /products/{id}                 # Update product
DELETE /products/{id}                 # Remove from catalog
POST   /products/from-import/{id}     # Publish from marketplace
PUT    /products/{id}/toggle-active   # Toggle product active
PUT    /products/{id}/toggle-featured # Toggle featured status

Order Management:

GET    /orders                        # List vendor orders
GET    /orders/{id}                   # Get order details
PUT    /orders/{id}/status            # Update order status

Marketplace Integration:

POST   /marketplace/import            # Trigger import job
GET    /marketplace/jobs              # List import jobs
GET    /marketplace/jobs/{id}         # Get job status
GET    /marketplace/products          # List staged products
POST   /marketplace/products/publish  # Bulk publish to catalog

Inventory Management:

GET    /inventory                     # List inventory items
POST   /inventory                     # Add inventory
PUT    /inventory/{id}                # Update inventory
GET    /inventory/movements           # Inventory movement history

Public/Customer APIs (/api/v1/public/vendors)

Authentication:

POST   /{vendor_id}/auth/register    # Customer registration
POST   /{vendor_id}/auth/login       # Customer login
POST   /{vendor_id}/auth/logout      # Customer logout

Product Browsing:

GET    /{vendor_id}/products         # Browse product catalog
GET    /{vendor_id}/products/{id}    # Product details
GET    /{vendor_id}/products/search  # Search products

Shopping Cart:

GET    /{vendor_id}/cart/{session}              # Get cart
POST   /{vendor_id}/cart/{session}/items        # Add to cart
PUT    /{vendor_id}/cart/{session}/items/{id}   # Update quantity
DELETE /{vendor_id}/cart/{session}/items/{id}   # Remove item
DELETE /{vendor_id}/cart/{session}              # Clear cart

Order Placement:

POST   /{vendor_id}/orders                      # Place order
GET    /{vendor_id}/customers/{id}/orders       # Order history
GET    /{vendor_id}/customers/{id}/orders/{id}  # Order details

🎨 Frontend Architecture

Alpine.js Integration

Why Alpine.js?

• ✅ Lightweight (15KB) - perfect for multi-tenant platform
• ✅ No build step required - works directly in HTML
• ✅ Reactive state management - modern UX without complexity
• ✅ Perfect Jinja2 integration - server + client harmony
• ✅ Scoped components - natural vendor isolation

Example: Product Detail Page

<div x-data="productDetail()" x-init="loadProduct()">
    <!-- Reactive product display -->
    <h1 x-text="product?.title"></h1>
    <p class="price">€<span x-text="product?.price"></span></p>
    
    <!-- Quantity selector with validation -->
    <input 
        type="number" 
        x-model.number="quantity"
        :min="product?.min_quantity"
        :max="product?.available_inventory"
    >
    
    <!-- Add to cart with loading state -->
    <button 
        @click="addToCart()"
        :disabled="!canAddToCart || addingToCart"
    >
        <span x-show="!addingToCart">Add to Cart</span>
        <span x-show="addingToCart">Adding...</span>
    </button>
</div>

CSS Architecture

CSS Variables for Multi-Tenant Theming

/* Base variables in base.css */
:root {
    --primary-color: #3b82f6;
    --primary-dark: #2563eb;
    --success-color: #10b981;
    --danger-color: #ef4444;
    --warning-color: #f59e0b;
    
    /* Typography */
    --font-base: 16px;
    --font-sm: 0.875rem;
    --font-xl: 1.25rem;
    
    /* Spacing */
    --spacing-sm: 0.5rem;
    --spacing-md: 1rem;
    --spacing-lg: 1.5rem;
    
    /* Borders & Shadows */
    --radius-md: 0.375rem;
    --shadow-md: 0 4px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

/* Vendor-specific overrides */
[data-vendor-theme="dark"] {
    --primary-color: #1f2937;
    --background-color: #111827;
}

🔒 Security Implementation

Authentication Flow

Admin Login:

1. POST /api/v1/admin/auth/login
2. Verify credentials + admin role
3. Generate JWT token
4. Store token in localStorage
5. Include in Authorization header for protected routes

Vendor Team Login:

1. POST /api/v1/vendor/auth/login
2. Detect vendor context (subdomain or path)
3. Verify credentials + vendor membership
4. Generate JWT token with vendor context
5. All subsequent requests validated against vendor

Customer Login:

1. POST /api/v1/public/vendors/{id}/auth/login
2. Verify customer credentials for specific vendor
3. Generate JWT token with customer context
4. Customer can only access their own data

Vendor Context Detection

# Automatic vendor detection from:
1. Subdomain: vendor-a.platform.com
2. Path parameter: /vendor/VENDOR_A/
3. JWT token: Embedded vendor_id in claims

# Complete data isolation:
- All queries automatically scoped to vendor_id
- Cross-vendor access prevented at service layer
- Exception raised if vendor mismatch detected

Exception Handling Pattern

# Frontend-friendly error responses
{
    "detail": "Human-readable error message",
    "error_code": "PRODUCT_NOT_FOUND",
    "status_code": 404,
    "timestamp": "2025-01-10T12:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "abc123"
}

# Consistent error codes across platform
- VENDOR_NOT_FOUND
- PRODUCT_NOT_IN_CATALOG
- INSUFFICIENT_INVENTORY
- INVALID_ORDER_STATUS
- UNAUTHORIZED_VENDOR_ACCESS

📊 Database Schema

Core Tables

Multi-Tenant Foundation:

vendors              # Vendor accounts
├── users           # Platform/admin users
├── vendor_users    # Vendor team members (many-to-many)
└── roles           # Role definitions per vendor

customers           # Vendor-scoped customers
└── customer_addresses

Product & Inventory:

marketplace_products        # Imported from marketplaces (staging)
└── marketplace_import_jobs # Import tracking

products                   # Published vendor catalog
└── inventory             # Stock tracking by location
    └── inventory_movements

Orders & Commerce:

orders
├── order_items
├── shipping_address (FK to customer_addresses)
└── billing_address (FK to customer_addresses)

Key Relationships

Vendor (1) ──→ (N) Products
Vendor (1) ──→ (N) Customers
Vendor (1) ──→ (N) Orders
Vendor (1) ──→ (N) MarketplaceProducts

Product (1) ──→ (N) Inventory
Product (1) ──→ (1) MarketplaceProduct

Order (1) ──→ (N) OrderItems
Order (1) ──→ (1) Customer
Order (1) ──→ (1) ShippingAddress
Order (1) ──→ (1) BillingAddress

🧪 Testing

Current Test Coverage

# Run all tests
pytest tests/

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=app --cov=models --cov=middleware tests/

# Run specific test category
pytest tests/unit/
pytest tests/integration/
pytest tests/e2e/

Test Structure

• Unit Tests: Service layer logic, model validation
• Integration Tests: API endpoints, database operations
• E2E Tests: Complete user workflows (admin creates vendor → vendor imports products → customer places order)

🚦 Development Status

✅ Completed Features

Slice 1: Multi-Tenant Foundation

• ✅ Admin creates vendors through admin interface
• ✅ Vendor owner login with context detection
• ✅ Complete vendor data isolation
• ✅ Role-based access control
• ✅ JWT authentication system

Slice 2: Marketplace Integration

• ✅ CSV import from Letzshop
• ✅ Background job processing
• ✅ Import status tracking
• ✅ Product staging area
• 🚧 Real-time Alpine.js status updates

Slice 3: Product Catalog

• ✅ Product publishing from marketplace staging
• ✅ Vendor product catalog management
• ✅ Product CRUD operations
• ✅ Inventory tracking
• ✅ Product filtering and search

Slice 4: Customer Shopping

• ✅ Customer service implementation
• ✅ Customer registration/login
• ✅ Product browsing interface
• ✅ Shopping cart with Alpine.js
• ✅ Product detail page (Alpine.js)

Slice 5: Order Processing

• ✅ Order creation from cart
• ✅ Order management (vendor)
• ✅ Order history (customer)
• ✅ Order status tracking
• ✅ Inventory reservation

🚧 In Progress (BOOTS)

Current Sprint:

• 🚧 Customer account dashboard (Alpine.js)
• 🚧 Multi-step checkout flow
• 🚧 Payment integration placeholder (Stripe ready)
• 🚧 Order confirmation page
• 🚧 Email notifications (order confirmations)

📋 Roadmap

Phase 1: Core Platform (90% Complete)

• ✅ Multi-tenant architecture
• ✅ Vendor management
• ✅ Product catalog system
• ✅ Order processing
• ✅ Customer management
• 🚧 Payment integration (ready for Stripe)
• 🚧 Email notifications

Phase 2: Advanced Features (Next)

• Persistent cart storage (Redis/Database)
• Order search and filtering
• Advanced inventory management
• Product variants support
• Customer reviews and ratings
• Vendor analytics dashboard

Phase 3: Enterprise Features (Future)

• Multi-language support
• Advanced reporting and exports
• Webhook integrations
• API rate limiting enhancements
• Performance monitoring
• Automated backups

📝 Naming Conventions

The project follows strict naming conventions for consistency:

Files

• API files: Plural (products.py, orders.py)
• Model files: Singular (product.py, order.py)
• Service files: Singular + service (product_service.py)
• Exception files: Singular (product.py, order.py)

Terminology

• inventory (not stock)
• vendor (not shop)
• customer (not user for end-users)
• team (not staff)

See docs/6.complete_naming_convention.md for full details.

🤝 Contributing

Development Workflow

1. Fork the repository
2. Create feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
3. Follow existing patterns (service layer, exceptions, Alpine.js)
4. Add tests for new features
5. Update API documentation
6. Submit pull request

Code Quality

# Format code
black app/ models/ middleware/

# Sort imports
isort app/ models/ middleware/

# Lint
flake8 app/ models/ middleware/

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🆘 Support

Documentation

• API Reference: http://localhost:8000/docs
• Development Guides: /docs/
• Naming Conventions: /docs/6.complete_naming_convention.md
• Vertical Slice Plan: /docs/3.vertical_slice_roadmap.md

Key Features

• Zero Build Step: Frontend works without compilation
• Alpine.js Reactive UI: Modern UX without framework complexity
• Service Layer Pattern: Clean, testable business logic
• Exception-First: Consistent error handling
• Multi-Tenant by Design: Complete vendor isolation

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Built with FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Alpine.js, and modern Python patterns for a scalable, maintainable multi-tenant ecommerce platform. 🚀