🏷️ Price Optimization Tool – Backend

This is the backend service for the Price Optimization Tool, a web application that helps businesses analyze demand forecasts and determine optimized product pricing strategies.

The backend exposes a secure and scalable REST API built with Django, Django REST Framework, and django-filters, supporting product management, demand forecasting, and price optimization.

For the frontend part of this project, see the Price Optimization Tool Frontend.

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🚀 Features

• User Authentication & Authorization

  • Role-based access (Admin, Buyer, Supplier, etc.)
  • Secure JWT-based authentication with email verification.

• Product Management

  • CRUD APIs for products.
  • Product fields include: name, category, cost price, selling price, description, stock, and units sold.
  • Advanced filtering and search with django-filters.

• Demand Forecast Integration

  • Provides endpoints to fetch demand data and forecast visualizations.

• Price Optimization

  • Returns optimized pricing recommendations based on business rules or ML model integration.

• Robust API Design

  • RESTful endpoints with pagination and validation.
  • JSON responses suitable for React frontend.

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Backend Framework: Django 5+, Django REST Framework
• Filtering & Querying: django-filters
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Auth: JWT (via djangorestframework-simplejwt)
• Environment Management: django-environ

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⚙️ How to Run

1️⃣ Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/price-optimization-tool.git
cd price-optimization-tool/backend

2️⃣ Create Virtual Environment & Install Dependencies

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3️⃣ Configure Environment

DEBUG=True
POSTGRES_DATABASE=abcd
POSTGRES_USER=price-optimization
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=admin
POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
POSTGRES_PORT=5432
SECRET_KEY='django-insecure-31!&9xa8u0&!@=bs7@(p!8qxi=q$7k_9n#_n91)gag+&tv=ltc'
CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173

4️⃣ Apply Migrations

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

5️⃣ Run Server

python manage.py runserver

The backend will start at http://127.0.0.1:8000/ To connect with frontend, ensure CORS and API URL are configured properly.