# farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce architecture

> Architecture diagram of the GitHub repository farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce, generated by GitDiagram from its file tree, README and a sample of source files (last updated 2026-11-09). It is an AI-made overview: check details against the source.

- Interactive diagram: https://gitdiagram.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce
- Repository: https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce

## Overview

This is a Django multi-vendor shopping platform. Customers browse a storefront, manage a cart and shipping details, pay through Stripe, and receive placed orders; they can also rate products. Vendors manage stores and products, while employees administer placed and completed orders. The graph includes these documented product branches and the sampled account, catalog, and payment code. Some routing and subsystem internals were not sampled, so undocumented connections are omitted.

Main entry points: [`products/models.py`](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/models.py) (Products and reviews), [`products/views.py`](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/views.py) (Cart and checkout), [`Vendors/admin.py`](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/Vendors/admin.py) (Vendor dashboard), [`payments/views.py`](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/payments/views.py) (Payment handling)

## Diagram (Mermaid)

```mermaid
flowchart TD

subgraph group_identity["Accounts and roles"]
  node_accounts["Accounts<br/>[views.py]"]
  node_user_data[("User profiles<br/>[models.py]")]
end

subgraph group_catalog["Storefront and catalog"]
  node_home["Storefront<br/>[views.py]"]
  node_catalog_views["Product browsing<br/>[views.py]"]
  node_catalog_data[("Products and reviews<br/>[models.py]")]
  node_product_signals["Product signals<br/>[signals.py]"]
end

subgraph group_commerce["Cart, orders, payments"]
  node_cart_checkout["Cart and checkout<br/>[views.py]"]
  node_order_data[("Order records<br/>[models.py]")]
  node_payments["Payment handling<br/>[views.py]"]
end

subgraph group_operations["Vendor and order operations"]
  node_vendor_stores[("Vendor stores<br/>[models.py]")]
  node_vendor_management["Vendor dashboard<br/>[admin.py]"]
  node_vendor_forms["Product admin form<br/>[adminForms.py]"]
  node_order_admin["Order dashboards<br/>[views.py]"]
  node_order_admin_tools["Order admin"]
end

node_customer(("Customer"))
node_vendor(("Vendor"))
node_employee(("Employee"))
node_stripe["Stripe"]

node_customer -->|"registers or signs in"| node_accounts
node_customer -->|"browses"| node_home
node_home -->|"reads products"| node_catalog_data
node_customer -->|"views and reviews"| node_catalog_views
node_catalog_views -->|"reads and writes"| node_catalog_data
node_accounts -->|"creates and authenticates"| node_user_data
node_vendor -->|"manages shop"| node_vendor_management
node_vendor_management -->|"uses form"| node_vendor_forms
node_vendor_management -->|"manages stores"| node_vendor_stores
node_vendor_management -->|"manages products"| node_catalog_data
node_vendor_stores -->|"belongs to vendor"| node_user_data
node_customer -->|"shops and checks out"| node_cart_checkout
node_cart_checkout -->|"reads products"| node_catalog_data
node_cart_checkout -->|"places orders"| node_order_data
node_cart_checkout -->|"starts payment"| node_payments
node_payments -->|"creates payment intent"| node_stripe
node_payments -->|"updates payment"| node_stripe
node_employee -->|"manages orders"| node_order_admin
node_order_admin -->|"reads order records"| node_order_data
node_order_admin_tools -.->|"administers orders"| node_order_data
node_product_signals -->|"uses product models"| node_catalog_data

click node_accounts "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/accounts/views.py"
click node_user_data "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/accounts/models.py"
click node_home "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/home/views.py"
click node_catalog_views "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/views.py"
click node_catalog_data "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/models.py"
click node_vendor_stores "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/Vendors/models.py"
click node_vendor_management "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/Vendors/admin.py"
click node_vendor_forms "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/Vendors/adminForms.py"
click node_cart_checkout "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/views.py"
click node_order_data "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/models.py"
click node_payments "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/payments/views.py"
click node_order_admin "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/AdminPanel/views.py"
click node_order_admin_tools "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/AdminPanel/placed_oder_and_items_admin.py"
click node_product_signals "https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/signals.py"

classDef toneNeutral fill:#f8fafc,stroke:#334155,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#0f172a
classDef toneBlue fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#2563eb,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#172554
classDef toneAmber fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#78350f
classDef toneMint fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#14532d
classDef toneRose fill:#ffe4e6,stroke:#e11d48,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#881337
classDef toneIndigo fill:#e0e7ff,stroke:#4f46e5,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#312e81
classDef toneTeal fill:#ccfbf1,stroke:#0f766e,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#134e4a
class node_accounts,node_user_data toneBlue
class node_home,node_catalog_views,node_catalog_data,node_product_signals toneAmber
class node_cart_checkout,node_order_data,node_payments toneMint
class node_vendor_stores,node_vendor_management,node_vendor_forms,node_order_admin,node_order_admin_tools toneRose
class node_customer,node_vendor,node_employee,node_stripe toneIndigo
```

## Components

### Accounts and roles

- [Accounts](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/accounts/views.py): `accounts/views.py`
- [User profiles](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/accounts/models.py): `accounts/models.py`

### Storefront and catalog

- [Storefront](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/home/views.py): `home/views.py`
- [Product browsing](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/views.py): `products/views.py`
- [Products and reviews](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/models.py): `products/models.py`
- [Product signals](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/signals.py): `products/signals.py`

### Cart, orders, payments

- [Cart and checkout](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/views.py): `products/views.py`
- [Order records](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/products/models.py): `products/models.py`
- [Payment handling](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/payments/views.py): `payments/views.py`

### Vendor and order operations

- [Vendor stores](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/Vendors/models.py): `Vendors/models.py`
- [Vendor dashboard](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/Vendors/admin.py): `Vendors/admin.py`
- [Product admin form](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/Vendors/adminForms.py): `Vendors/adminForms.py`
- [Order dashboards](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/AdminPanel/views.py): `AdminPanel/views.py`
- [Order admin](https://github.com/farad-alam/multi-vendor-ecommerce/blob/main/AdminPanel/placed_oder_and_items_admin.py): `AdminPanel/placed_oder_and_items_admin.py`

### Other components

- **Customer**
- **Vendor**
- **Employee**
- **Stripe**

## Connections

- Customer → Accounts: registers or signs in
- Customer → Storefront: browses
- Storefront → Products and reviews: reads products (evidence: `home/views.py`)
- Customer → Product browsing: views and reviews
- Product browsing → Products and reviews: reads and writes (evidence: `products/views.py`)
- Accounts → User profiles: creates and authenticates (evidence: `accounts/views.py`)
- Vendor → Vendor dashboard: manages shop
- Vendor dashboard → Product admin form: uses form (evidence: `Vendors/admin.py`)
- Vendor dashboard → Vendor stores: manages stores (evidence: `Vendors/admin.py`)
- Vendor dashboard → Products and reviews: manages products (evidence: `Vendors/admin.py`)
- Vendor stores → User profiles: belongs to vendor (evidence: `Vendors/models.py`)
- Customer → Cart and checkout: shops and checks out
- Cart and checkout → Products and reviews: reads products (evidence: `products/views.py`)
- Cart and checkout → Order records: places orders (evidence: `payments/views.py`)
- Cart and checkout → Payment handling: starts payment (evidence: `payments/views.py`)
- Payment handling → Stripe: creates payment intent (evidence: `payments/views.py`)
- Payment handling → Stripe: updates payment (evidence: `payments/views.py`)
- Employee → Order dashboards: manages orders
- Order dashboards → Order records: reads order records (evidence: `AdminPanel/views.py`)
- Order admin → Order records: administers orders (evidence: `AdminPanel/placed_oder_and_items_admin.py`)
- Product signals → Products and reviews: uses product models (evidence: `products/signals.py`)