The Library Management System is a full-stack web application built using the Express.js, React, Node.js and MySql as Database. It enables library admins to manage books and their inventory and users to search boooks according to their interests and make reservations for them.
π library-management-system
βββ π client # React frontend
βββ π server # Node.js & Express backend
βββ π README.md # Project documentation
- client/ β React frontend (Vite)
- server/ β Node.js backend with Express.js & MySql
- User Authentication (JWT-based login, signup, verify email, Google OAuth support)
- Role-Based Access Control (Admin & Member)
- Book Management (Add, update, delete books for admins, search books by title, author & category for users)
- Reservation Management (users can create reservations for books, admins can update and manage those reservation status along with add fines if reservations are overdue)
- Reportings (admins can get a report of books that are borrowed from the library)
- Email Notifications (Mailtrap API for welcome emails, forget password and password reset success notifications)
- Redis Integration (Used for refresh token caching management)
- React.js (Vite for fast development)
- React Router (Navigation management)
- Zustand (State management & data fetching)
- Tailwind CSS (Styling framework)
- Shadcn UI Library
- Node.js with Express.js
- Mysql Database
- JWT Authentication (Access & refresh tokens)
- Mailtrap (Email notifications)
- Redis (Token caching)
$ git clone https://github.com/your-username/library-management-system.git
$ cd library-management-system$ cd server $ npm install # Install dependencies $ npm start # Start the backend server
$ cd ../client $ npm install # Install dependencies $ npm run dev # Start the frontend
Create a .env file inside the server/ directory and add the following values:
PORT = 5050 MONGO_URI = your mongodb url ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = your secret REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET = your secret REDIS_URL = your upstash redis db url CLIENT_URL = your client url ex - (http://localhost:5173/) MAILTRAP_CLIENT = your mailtrap endpoint MAILTRAP_API_KEY = your mailtrap api secret key COULDINARY_CLOUD_NAME = your cloudinary cloud name CLOUDINARY_API_KEY = cloudinary api key CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET = cloudinary api secret Create a another `.env` file inside the *client/** directory and add the following values: ```env VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY = your firebase project api VITE_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN = your firebase project auth domain