EV Charging Station Finder and Management System

A Django-based REST API for locating and managing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Germany, built with PostgreSQL (PostGIS), Django REST Framework, and Celery for background tasks.

Features

• User Side:
  • Search charging stations by latitude/longitude, name, or station ID.
  • Reserve a charging slot with authentication.
  • View station details (power, connectors, pricing, renewable source).
• Operator Side:
  • Dashboard to monitor stations and usage stats (restricted to Operators group).
  • Update station details (admin-only).
• Technical Highlights:
  • Geospatial queries with PostGIS.
  • JWT authentication with role-based permissions.
  • Logging to file and console.
  • Background task processing with Celery and Redis.
  • API versioning and filtering.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12
• PostgreSQL with PostGIS extension
• Redis (for Celery)

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ev-charging-backend.git
   cd ev-charging-backend
   

API Endpoints GET /api/v1/stations/ - List all stations or filter by location/name.

GET /api/v1/stations/<station_id>/ - Get station details.

POST /api/v1/reservations/ - Reserve a station (authenticated).

GET /api/v1/operator/dashboard/ - Operator dashboard (read-only for all, write for Operators).

POST /api/v1/operator/stations/<station_id>/ - Update station (admin-only).

Testing Run tests: python manage.py test

Manual testing: Use Postman or curl with the above endpoint