Mayhem Creations
A full-featured e-commerce platform with a custom-built backend API. Includes product catalog management, multi-gateway payment processing, real-time inventory tracking, and Elasticsearch-powered search.
Tech Stack
The Challenge
The client needed a custom e-commerce platform with dual payment gateways, real-time inventory updates, and enterprise-grade search — not achievable with off-the-shelf solutions.
Built a custom RESTful API with Express and TypeScript, integrating Stripe and PayPal, Socket.io for real-time features, Elasticsearch for product search, and a robust image processing pipeline.
Key Features
Custom RESTful API backend
Dual payment gateway: Stripe and PayPal
Real-time features via Socket.io
Elasticsearch-powered product search
Image processing with Sharp, S3, Cloudinary
Security: rate limiting, XSS sanitization, Sentry