Library Management System

Overview

The Library Management System is a comprehensive tool designed to manage books and users in a library. The system allows you to add, update, view, search, and remove books and users, as well as fetch book data from the Google Books API and save it to the database.

Features

• Add, Update, View, Search, and Remove Books
• Add, Update, View, Search, and Remove Users
• Fetch Books from Google Books API and Save to Database

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ozgewebb/Library_Management_System.git cd Library_Management_System

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

   python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # On Windows use venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up your .env file with your Google Books API key:

   GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY=your_google_books_api_key

5. Create the database:

   python -m src.functions.db create_database

Usage

1. Run the main program:

   python src/main.py

2. Follow the menu options to perform various operations on books and users.

Testing

To run the tests, use:

python -m unittest discover -s tests

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements.

Author

This project is developed by Ozge Jess Webb.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Date

Created on: 2024-08-01