📚 Online Book Store with Recommendation System

⚠ THE AUTHOR IS NO LONGER UPDATING THIS REPOSITORY ⚠

📖 About This Project

This project is an e-commerce website for buying books online, featuring a Recommendation System that suggests books based on user ratings.

🔹 Features

• 📚 Book Catalog – Browse and search books by category.
• 🛒 Shopping Cart – Add books and proceed to checkout.
• ⭐ Recommendation System – Get book recommendations using Collaborative Filtering (Matrix Factorization).
• 🔒 User Authentication – #, log in, and manage your profile.
• 🛠 Built With – Python, Django, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript.

🔹 Running the Project

python manage.py runserver

Then open http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your browser.

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🚀 Setup Guide

If you are forking or downloading this repository, follow these steps to avoid common setup issues.

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📌 Step 1: Install MySQL

1️⃣ Install MySQL

• Download MySQL: MySQL Community Server
• Choose "Server Only" during installation.
• Set a root password (remember it).

2️⃣ Verify MySQL is Running

Run:

Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -like "*MySQL*" }

• If MySQL is stopped, start it:

  Start-Service MySQL

• If using XAMPP, start MySQL manually.

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📌 Step 2: Add MySQL to System PATH

If mysql is not recognized as a command, add it to System PATH:

1. Open Environment Variables (Win + R → type sysdm.cpl → "Advanced" → "Environment Variables").
2. Find "Path" under System Variables → Click Edit.
3. Click New → Add:

   C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin
   

4. Click OK and Restart your PC.

Test MySQL:

mysql --version

✅ If you see a version number, MySQL is working!

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📌 Step 3: Set Up MySQL Database

1️⃣ Open MySQL Shell

mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password.

2️⃣ Create a Database and User

Run:

CREATE DATABASE bookstore CHARACTER SET UTF8;
CREATE USER 'bookadmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bookstore.* TO 'bookadmin'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

✅ Your MySQL setup is now ready!

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📌 Step 4: Clone the Repository

Navigate to your project folder and clone the GitHub repository:

cd D:\GitHub
git clone https://github.com/kapeed54/Online-Book-Store-With-Recommendation-System.git
cd Online-Book-Store-With-Recommendation-System

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📌 Step 5: Set Up a Virtual Environment

Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv env
.\env\Scripts\Activate

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📌 Step 6: Install Dependencies

Install all required Python packages:

pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install -r requirements.txt

✅ If requirements.txt is missing, install dependencies manually:

pip install django mysqlclient numpy scipy pandas scikit-learn Pillow django-bootstrap4 gunicorn

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📌 Step 7: Configure Database in Django

Open bookstore/settings.py, update the DATABASES section:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'bookstore',  # Database name
        'USER': 'bookadmin',  # MySQL username
        'PASSWORD': 'yourpassword',  # MySQL password
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '3306',
    }
}

✅ Save the file.

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📌 Step 8: Apply Migrations

Run:

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

✅ Now, your database is connected!

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📌 Step 9: Create a Superuser for Django Admin

To manage books and users via Django Admin, create a superuser:

python manage.py createsuperuser

• Enter Username, Email, and Password.
• Log in at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/.

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📌 Step 10: Load Sample Data (If Needed)

1️⃣ Add Books via Django Admin

• Go to: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/
• Log in and manually add some books.

2️⃣ Or Use the Django Shell

Run:

python manage.py shell

Then enter:

from shop.models import Product, Myrating, User

# Get an existing user
user = User.objects.first()
if not user:
    print("No users found. Please create a user first via admin panel.")
    exit()

# Add sample books if none exist
if not Product.objects.exists():
    Product.objects.create(name="The Great Gatsby", price=20, description="A classic novel", stock=10)
    Product.objects.create(name="1984", price=25, description="A dystopian novel", stock=5)
    Product.objects.create(name="To Kill a Mockingbird", price=30, description="A novel by Harper Lee", stock=8)
    print("Sample books added!")

# Add sample ratings
if not Myrating.objects.exists():
    Myrating.objects.create(user=user, product=Product.objects.first(), rating=5)
    Myrating.objects.create(user=user, product=Product.objects.last(), rating=4)
    print("Sample ratings added!")

exit()

✅ Now your project has books and ratings!

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📌 Step 11: Run the Development Server

python manage.py runserver

Open:

• Homepage: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
• Admin Panel: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/
• Get Recommendations: http://127.0.0.1:8000/recommend/

✅ Your project is now running successfully! 🎉

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📌 Troubleshooting

1️⃣ If MySQL Connection Fails

Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -like "*MySQL*" }
Start-Service MySQL

2️⃣ If pip install Fails

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

3️⃣ If Recommendations Don’t Work

Ensure users have rated books before trying recommendations.

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🚀 Now the setup steps are logically ordered and easier to follow!

This README format is perfect for GitHub and blends the original project introduction with the updated setup instructions.

Let me know if you want any final tweaks before committing this! 🎯