leave-application-manager

NodeJS app to handle leave application submission and approval.

The App involves APIs for two roles of users : Employee and Manager.

Start the app

Run node start or node server.js

Employee API

1. Get details of previous applications

http://localhost:8092/username
This returns json array of all the leave applications previously submitted. username is the username field from User collection.

2. Submit new leave application

POST request URL
http://localhost:8092/username
The request body must contain leave schema as:

{
  startdate: String,
  enddate:String,
  leavetype:{type: String, enum :['Earned Leave','Sick Leave','Casual Leave','Maternity Leave']},
  reason:{type:String, default:"Not Specified"},
}

Manager API

1. Review all the leave applications

GET request URL
http://localhost:8092/username
This request returns all the leave applications in the system.

2. Approve a leave application

PUT request URL
http://localhost:8092/username/leaveId

This request will change the approvalStatus of leave application with _id as leaveId to true. The default approvalStatus is false.

Authentication

The api endpoints check for the role of the username to allow access.