📝 TaskTracker

A simple command-line-based task manager powered by Node.js and Express, with a built-in REST API and CLI tool for quick task operations.

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🚀 Features • Add, delete, update tasks via terminal • Mark tasks as done or in-progress • View task list with filtering • CLI tool (task-cli) mapped to terminal commands • REST API built with Express • Server monitoring and persistence using PM2

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📦 Requirements • Node.js v14+ • npm • PM2 for process management

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📂 Project Structure

tasktracker/ ├── index.js # Express server ├── cli.js # CLI logic (linked as task-cli) ├── tasks.json # File storage for tasks ├── package.json └── README.md

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🛠 Installation 1. Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/tasktracker.git cd tasktracker

2.	Install dependencies:

npm install

3.	Make the CLI executable:

chmod +x cli.js

4.	Link the CLI globally:

npm link

This allows you to run task-cli from anywhere.

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🧪 Usage

Start the Server

npm run start

Or use PM2 for auto-restart:

npm run dev

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CLI Commands

task-cli add "Buy groceries" task-cli delete 2 task-cli update 1 "New task name" "Optional description" task-cli mark-in-progress 1 task-cli mark-done 1 task-cli list task-cli list done task-cli list todo task-cli list in-progress

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⚙️ PM2 Management

Start server with PM2:

pm2 start cli.js --name task-tracker --watch

Check running processes:

pm2 list

Stop:

pm2 stop task-tracker

Restart:

pm2 restart task-tracker

Save for system boot:

pm2 save pm2 startup

.env.example URL=http://localhost:3000

Project URL: https://roadmap.sh/projects/task-tracker