Spring Boot Appointment Booking System

Overview

This is an appointment booking system where patients can book appointments with doctors, and admins can accept or reject these appointments. The system uses Spring Boot for the backend and Angular for the frontend.

Features

• Patients can book appointments.
• Admins can accept or reject appointments.
• Appointment statuses: PENDING, ACCEPTED, COMPLETED, CANCELED.
• Patients can cancel their appointments.
• REST API endpoints for managing appointments.

Tech Stack

Backend:

• Spring Boot (Java)
• Spring Data JPA
• PostgreSQL
• Spring Boot Security (optional for authentication)

Frontend:

• Angular (for UI development)
• TailwindCSS (for styling)

Installation & Setup

Prerequisites

• Spring Boot
• PostgreSQL
• Node.js (for Angular frontend)

Backend Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/springboot-booking-system.git
   cd springboot-booking-system

2. Configure the database in src/main/resources/application.properties:

   spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/your_db...
   spring.datasource.username=your_username....
   spring.datasource.password=your_password....
   spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update / create

3. Run the Spring Boot application:

   mvn spring-boot:run

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the Angular project folder:

   cd frontend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Run the Angular application:

   ng serve

API Endpoints

Appointments

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/appointments	Get all appointments
POST	/appointments/book	Book an appointment
PUT	/appointments/{id}/accept	Accept an appointment
PUT	/appointments/{id}/complete	Mark appointment as completed
PUT	/appointments/{id}/cancel	Cancel an appointment

Future Enhancements

• User authentication (Spring Security & JWT)
• Email notifications for appointment status updates
• Calendar integration