🧩 Task Manager API

A simple yet powerful Task Management API built with FastAPI and SQLModel.
This project allows you to create, read, update, and delete tasks through RESTful APIs and includes a lightweight web-based UI for quick task management.

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🚀 Features

• 🗂️ Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) tasks
• 🔍 Filter tasks by status, priority, or search query
• 🕒 Track due dates and creation timestamps
• ✅ Mark tasks as complete or pending
• 💻 Interactive built-in HTML UI
• 🧠 Backed by SQLite for simplicity and portability
• ⚡ Built with FastAPI for high performance

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🧠 Tech Stack

• Python 3.9+
• FastAPI — Web Framework
• SQLModel — ORM (by Tiangolo, combines Pydantic & SQLAlchemy)
• SQLite — Database (default)
• Uvicorn — ASGI server for development

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📦 Installation

Follow the steps below to run the project locally.

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/task-manager-api.git
cd task-manager-api

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

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🧱 Project Structure

File / Folder	Description
main.py	Main FastAPI application
tasks.db	SQLite database file
requirements.txt	Python dependencies
README.md	Project documentation

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🧭 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/	Web UI for managing tasks
GET	/tasks/	List all tasks
GET	/tasks/{task_id}	Get a specific task
POST	/tasks/	Create a new task
PATCH	/tasks/{task_id}	Update an existing task
DELETE	/tasks/{task_id}	Delete a task
GET	/health	Health check endpoint

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🧩 Example Request (Create Task)

POST /tasks/

Request Body:

{
  "title": "Prepare project presentation",
  "description": "Create slides and rehearse for the upcoming demo",
  "priority": 1,
  "due_date": "2025-10-12"
}

Response:

{
  "id": 5,
  "title": "Prepare project presentation",
  "description": "Create slides and rehearse for the upcoming demo",
  "done": false,
  "priority": 1,
  "due_date": "2025-10-12",
  "created_at": "2025-10-06T15:45:22Z"
}

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🧑‍💻 Usage (Web UI)

1. Open your browser
2. Add tasks using the input fields
3. Mark tasks as done or edit them inline
4. Tasks are automatically persisted to the SQLite database

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Contributors

Prince Patel

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🛡️ License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.
You are free to use, modify, and distribute this project with proper attribution.