Library Management System (LMS)

This Library Management System is designed to automate and streamline the operations of a library, providing a user-friendly interface for managing books, users, and library transactions.

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Features

• User Management

  • User Registration
  • Login/Logout with Role-based Access Control (Admin, Librarian, Member)
  • Profile Management (Update personal information, borrowing history)
  • Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

• Book Management

  • Add/Update/Delete Books
  • Book Search (Title, Author, Genre, ISBN)
  • Book Details (Author, Publisher, Year, Genre)
  • Category Management (Organize books by category)
  • ISBN Validation

• Inventory and Catalog Management

  • Inventory Tracking (Track number of copies)
  • Book Status (Available, Checked Out, Reserved)
  • Barcode/QR Code Generation

• Borrowing and Returning Books

  • Borrow Books (Limit based on user role)
  • Return Books
  • Due Date Management
  • Renewal
  • Late Fee Calculations

• Reservation System

  • Book Reservation (Reserve books currently checked out)
  • Reservation Queue
  • Notification for Availability

• Fines and Fees Management

  • Automatic Late Fee Calculation
  • Fine Payment Tracking
  • Waive/Adjust Fines

• Notifications

  • Email/SMS Notifications (Due dates, reservations, new books)
  • Overdue Reminders
  • Library Event Notifications

• Reporting and Analytics

  • User Activity Reports (Borrowing history, overdue books)
  • Book Popularity Reports
  • Fine Collection Summary
  • Inventory Reports

• Search and Filtering

  • Advanced Search (Filters by title, author, genre, etc.)
  • Book Filtering by Availability, Category
  • Sorting by Title, Popularity, Author

• Digital Library Features (Optional)

  • E-Books Integration
  • Download or Read Digital Materials
  • Digital Content Management

• Admin and Librarian Features

  • Admin Dashboard
  • User Management (Add, update, or remove users)
  • Book Inventory Management
  • Transaction Logs (View borrowing/return history)
  • System Configuration

• Security Features

  • Role-based Authentication
  • Data Encryption for Sensitive Information
  • Audit Trail for Transactions

• Backup and Restore

  • Regular Data Backup
  • Restore System from Backup

• Library Events and News

  • Event Management (Workshops, author meet-and-greets)
  • Announcements (New books, events)

• Multi-Branch Library Support (Optional)

  • Branch Management
  • Inter-branch Book Transfer

• Audit and History Tracking

  • Transaction History for Users
  • Book History Tracking (Borrowing, reservations)

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Optional Features

• Mobile App Integration
  • Mobile Search and Account Management
• Self-Checkout Kiosk Integration
• Third-Party API Integration (e.g., Google Books API)
• Recommendation System Based on User Borrowing History

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Technologies to be Used

Backend

• FastAPI: For building a high-performance, asynchronous API backend.
• PostgreSQL: Relational database for managing library data.
• SQLAlchemy: ORM for database interactions (alternatively, Tortoise ORM).
• Pydantic: Data validation and settings management.
• Alembic: Database migrations.
• WebSockets: Real-time features (2-way).
• SSE: Real-time features (1-way).
• OAuth2 + JWT: For secure user authentication and role-based access control.
• Redis (Optional): For caching data to improve system performance.

Frontend

• React.js or Vue.js: To build a responsive web interface.
• HTML/CSS (with TailwindCSS): For styling the frontend interface.

API Documentation

• Swagger: Automatically generated API documentation via FastAPI.

Testing

• Pytest: For unit testing and integration testing of the API.
• FastAPI TestClient: For testing API endpoints.

Deployment

• Docker: To containerize the application for consistent deployment across environments.
• GitHub Actions: For Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) automation.

Security

• HTTPS: Secure communication between client and server.
• JWT (JSON Web Tokens): For secure user authentication.

Optional

• Celery: For handling background tasks such as sending email notifications.
• RabbitMQ/Kafka: For message queues in a microservices architecture.

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Optional Technologies

Mobile App (Optional)

• React Native: To build a cross-platform mobile app for the library system.

Message Broker (Optional)

• RabbitMQ or Kafka: For managing asynchronous tasks and messages across services.

Monitoring and Logging

• Prometheus + Grafana: For real-time monitoring and visualizing system performance.
• ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana): For centralized logging and analysis.

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Starting the project

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Follow the steps below to get the project up and running

cd BookVault/
copy .env.sample .env

At this point, you should update the values in the created .env file Now, let's setup our environment

pip -m venv venv # create virtual environment
pip install -r requirements.txt # install dependencies

Everything should run successfully. Next is to setup our database.

# create postgresql database
CREATE DATABASE fastapi-social-media-api;
# let's make migrations to our database
alembic upgrade head

We are now set up. Now, let's start our project server

python3 main.py

Testing

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To run your tests using pytest, follow the steps below

pytest --disable-warnings -vv -s api/v1/tests