https://github.com/aldrinjenson/flask-library-management

Simple Library management web-app made with Flask and bootstrap
https://github.com/aldrinjenson/flask-library-management

bootstrap flask sql-alchemy sqlite3

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Simple Library management web-app made with Flask and bootstrap

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aldrinjenson/flask-library-management
• Owner: aldrinjenson
• Created: 2023-02-28T02:40:01.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-20T13:29:10.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-12-20T17:16:07.088Z (11 months ago)
• Topics: bootstrap, flask, sql-alchemy, sqlite3
• Language: HTML
• Homepage: https://library.aldrinjenson.tech/
• Size: 9.61 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: Readme.md

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# BookArena Library Management System

BookArena is a web-based library management system that allows you to manage books, members, transactions, and fines efficiently. This project was built using Flask, SQLAlchemy, and Bootstrap.

## Features

- Add, edit, and delete books from the library.

- Add, edit, and delete members.

- Manage book transactions and due dates.

- Ability to import books from Frappe API based on filters

- Calculate fines for overdue books.

- User-friendly interface.

- Simple and minimal stylings with BootstrapCSS

### Extra

- Prevents users from taking the same book multiple times without returning it.

- Prevents users having a fine more than 500 rs to take a new book

- Shows the following extra book details from openlibrary API for books

  - subjects

  - subject_people

  - subject_places

  - links

  - ebooks

  - excerpts

# Screenshots

Here are some screenshots of BookArena in action:

![Home](screenshots/home.png)

![Add Book](screenshots/add.png)

![Books](screenshots/books.png)

![Book Details](screenshots/bookdetails.png)

![Member Details](screenshots/memberDetails.png)

![Members](screenshots/members.png)

![Fee Collection](screenshots/feeCollection.png)

![Transactions](screenshots/transactions.png)

![Import Books](screenshots/import.png)

## Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

```sh

git clone https://github.com/aldrinjenson/bookarena.git

```

2. Install dependencies:

```sh

pip install -r requirements.txt

```

3. Set up sqlite db and tweak environment variables.

```sh

cp .env.sample .env

```

4. Modify constants in app/constants.py

   Default values are the following:

```python

API_LIMIT = 20

BORROW_DURATION = 7  # in days

FINE_PER_DAY = 1

```

5. Run the application:

```sh

flask run

```

6. Access the application at http://localhost:5000.

## Usage

- Browse books and members.

- Add&Edit books and members

- Borrow and return books.

- Import books from Frappe API

- Check fines for overdue books from users.

- Resolve fines by collecting money

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to open issues and submit pull requests.