What’s the problem?

The fashion industry is currently very unsustainable, with millions of clothes being wasted each year. Many of us don’t know what to do with our extra piles of clothes lying around and, more often than not, these clothes are thrown in a dump rather than being recycled, sold, or repurposed. Recently, even when we give to charity, they cannot deal with the amount of items donated. So what’s the solution?

What’s the solution?

e-commit aims to help users make their wardrobe visible, provide information on each individual garment and allow the user to do whatever they see fit with this information. For example, donate it to charity, or list it on ebay to sell. e-commit looks to make a circular economy where clothes are repurposed instead of thrown away. In addition to providing users with information about their item, it also serves as an admin tool for the ReWorks team.

Link to the prototype:

https://www.figma.com/proto/Z5SWa6KmOufBDFreUojx7mL0/ReWorks?node-id=409%3A503&scaling=min-zoom

User Stories: what can I do on this app?

1. As a user, I want to see a description of the app.
2. As a user, I want to upload a photo of the item I want to be reused.
3. As a user, I want to see pointers on how to upload a good photo.
4. As a user, I want to see the headline details about the photo I uploaded.
5. As a user, I want to add/update/edit the details.
6. As a user, I want to login to save my items and data.
7. As a user, I want to sign up to save my items and data.
8. As a user, I want to see a list of my items.
9. As a user, I want to see details of one item.
10. As a user, I want to export my data as CSV.
11. As a user, I want to suggest future features in the app.
12. As a user, I want to contribute to environmental sustainability.
13. As an admin, I want to see a spreadsheet of all users’ items.

DEMO

https://ecommit.herokuapp.com/

Getting Started

How to get the project up and running on your local machine.

Please ensure you have this software installed and running on your local machine before you attempt to run this webapp.

Node (via nvm) see: https://github.com/creationix/nvm

MongoDB see: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/installation/

Setup

1. Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/FACK1/ReWorks.git

2. Install dependencies

$ cd ReWorks
$ npm i

3. Install dependencies in the client folder

$ cd client
$ npm i

4. Add initial environment Variables

Create a config.env file in the root directory.

Add the following line to make your local database work, inserting your own username and password.

DB_URL = mongodb://[username:password@][host]:[port]/[databasename]

Add a 'secret' for password encryption.

SECRET = "[SOMETHING SECRET]"

5. Add additional more .env Variables (S3 Amazon, Clarifai API, Airtable API)

For S3 Amazon (via https://aws.amazon.com/)

You will need to create an aws.amazon account, and add your access key, secret, and bucket name.

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = "[YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID]"
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = "[YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY]"
S3_BUCKET = "[YOUR_S3_BUCKET]"

For Clarifai (via www.clarifai.com)

You will need to create an Clarifai account --> create new project --> add your api key.

Clarifai_API_KEY = "[YOUR_Clarifai_API_KEY]"

For Airtable (via www.airtable.com)

You will need to create an Airtable account --> create new project --> create work_space --> create tables --> add your api key

Airtable_API_KEY = "[YOUR_Airtable_API_KEY]"

• Tables Details

  • Items

  Name, Age: Single line text | Details: Long text | Image URL: URL | Image: Attachment | Users: Link to Users | Brand : Link to Brands (Allow linking to multiple records) | Brand Names: Lookup (Brand : Name) | Type, Colors, Condition, Size: Single select

  • Users

  Name: Single line text| Feedback: Multiple select | Items: Link to Items (Allow linking to multiple records)

  • Brands

  ID: Formula (RECORD_ID()) | Name: Single line text

6. Run the app

$ npm run dev