Library Management System using Django

Project Overview

This is a Django-based Library Management System that allows admins to perform CRUD operations on books and provides a student view to list all books.

Features

• Admin Operations:
  • Signup: Create a new admin account.
  • Login: Allow admin login using email and password.
  • Book Management: Create, read, update, and delete books.
• Student View:
  • List all books.

Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• MySQL
• Django 5.1.7
• Django REST Framework
• mysqlclient (Python MySQL adapter)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Adityajeet/library_management_system.git
   

2. Create a virtual environment and Install requirements.txt

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Configure the database in settings.py (library_management\library_management\settings.py) as

   DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'library_db',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': 'pass',  #write your password. the password written in the is mine one.
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '3306',
    }}
   

4. Open Mysql and create a database

   CREATE DATABASE library_db;
   

5. Run migration and start the server

   cd library_management
   python manage.py migrate
   python manage.py runserver
   

6. API Endpoints Admin Signup: POST: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/signup/

Admin Login: POST: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/token/

Book List/Create: GET/POST: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/books/

Book Retrieve/Update/Delete: GET/PUT/DELETE: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/books//

Student Book List: GET http://127.0.0.1:8000:/api/student/books/