E-Library

This is a book library application where students check in and then given access to borrow books and return when done.

Getting Started

1. Install Go
2. Install PostgreSQL
3. Create a database named e_library.
4. Install all dependencies by running:

go mod tidy

5. Run the database migration script in app/db/migration by running:

make migrateup

6. Run the application using:

go run main.go

Setting Environmental Variables

An environment variable is a text file containing KEY=value pairs of your secret keys and other private information. For security purposes, it is ignored using .gitignore and not committed with the rest of your codebase.

To create, ensure you are in the root directory of the project then on your terminal type:

touch .env

All the variables used within the project can now be added within the .env file in the following format:

PORT=8080
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=<your db port>
DB_USER=<your db username>
DB_PASS=<your db password>
DB_NAME=e_library

Note: This project is built using PostgreSQL so configure the .env file using PostgreSQL credentials.

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