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UniSierra Eats is a full-stack web application built for Universidad de la Sierra that gives students a digital window into their campus cafeteria — browse the menu, read and write reviews, explore products by category, and manage their own profile, all from a single platform running on a lightweight Node.js server.

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Architecture Overview

UniSierra Eats follows a monolithic, single-server architecture where the Express backend and the vanilla HTML/CSS/JS frontend are served from the same Node.js process on port 3000.
LayerTechnologyRole
RuntimeNode.js (v18+)JavaScript execution environment
Web frameworkExpress ^5.2.1HTTP routing and middleware
DatabaseSQLite via sqlite3 ^6.0.1Persistent data storage in a local .db file
FrontendVanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScriptUI served as static files from __dirname
The server uses app.use(express.static(__dirname)) to serve the entire project directory as static files, so every HTML page in public/ and admin/ is accessible directly through the browser without a separate build step or static file host.

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User Roles

The platform has two roles stored in the Roles table and referenced by rol_id on each user record:
Rolerol_idAccess
Administrator1Admin panel — inventory management, review moderation, usage reports
Student2Student-facing pages — menu, product search, reviews, profile, settings
When a user loads index.html, a short JavaScript snippet reads localStorage and redirects them to the correct interface based on their role.

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Main Application Areas

Student-facing pages (served from public/)
  • index.html — landing page and login/registration
  • menu.html — full cafeteria menu with category filtering
  • busqueda.html — product search
  • detalle_producto.html — product detail with ratings and reviews
  • escribir_resena.html — review submission form
  • perfil.html — user profile and review history
  • configuracion.html — account settings (update name, password, delete account)
Admin panel (served from admin/)
  • panel_admin.html — product inventory (create, edit, delete)
  • moderacion.html — review moderation queue for reported reviews
  • reportes.html — platform usage reports

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Session Management

UniSierra Eats stores session state entirely in the browser using localStorage. After a successful login, the server returns a user object that the frontend persists under the key unisierra_sesion. 
// Written to localStorage on successful login
{
  "id": 1,
  "nombre": "Admin Principal",
  "correo": "admin@unisierra.edu.mx",
  "rol_id": 1
}
The entry-point index.html reads this key and redirects accordingly: 
const sesion = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('unisierra_sesion'));

if (sesion && sesion.id_rol === 1) {
    window.location.replace("admin/panel_admin.html");
} else {
    window.location.replace("public/index.html");
}
There is no server-side session or cookie — all protected actions depend on the client sending the correct id values in API requests.

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Institutional Email Restriction

Registration — both student and admin — is restricted to @unisierra.edu.mx institutional email addresses. Any attempt to register with a personal or external email returns a 400 error: "Solo se permite el registro con correos institucionales (@unisierra.edu.mx)." This check is enforced server-side in the /api/registro and /api/admin/registro routes.

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Explore the Docs

Quickstart

Clone the repo, initialize the database, and run the server locally in five minutes.

Authentication

How login, registration, and role-based redirection work end-to-end.

Product Catalog

Browse, filter, and manage cafeteria products and their average ratings.

API Overview

Full reference for the REST endpoints covering products, users, and reviews.

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