Library Management System (Django)

📝| Description

A comprehensive web-based library management system built with Django. This system is designed to streamline the management of library resources, including books, authors, and user accounts, with a focus on efficiency and user-friendliness.

✅| Key Features

• User Authentication: Custom user model with roles (visitor, librarian) for differentiated access and functionalities.
• Author Management: Create, view, and delete authors. Authors are linked to books.
• Book Management: Add and manage books, including details like name, description, and associated authors.
• Order Processing: Handle book orders, including creation and tracking of orders.

⚙️| Technology Stack

• Backend Framework: Django
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Frontend: HTML, CSS (Static files and templates in Django)
• Containerization: Docker (optional for deployment)

📦| Installation and Setup

1. Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/ne0ascorbinka/library-django-project.git

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up a PostgreSQL database.
4. Configure project:

• Go to .env.template;
• Get your django key and paste in .env file. You can get your key by running:

python .\library\utils\get_key.py
# or on linux:
python ./library/utils/get_key.py 

• configure DB parameters
• rename template file to .env

5. Run migrations:

cd library;
python manage.py migrate;

6. Start the server:

python manage.py runserver

❔| How to Use

• Access the web interface at http://localhost:8000 (or configured port).
• Log in as a librarian to access full functionalities.
• Manage authors, books, and orders through the web interface.

💛| Contributing

Contributions to the project are welcome. Please follow standard GitHub pull request procedures.