Moneta

A sample library management website for users to borrow and read books from a centralised library. Made as part of IITM BS Degree, Modern Application Development - 1 course project.

Setup (for local running)

• Clone or download repo.
• Execute pip install -r requirements.txt
• Define FLASK_SECRET_KEY environment variable
• Execute python moneta.py to start the local server

Features

For users

• User can browse, search for and filter out the books they want.
• User requests for a book and after librarian approval gains access to the same.
• Users can rate and comment on books.
• Filtering by genre, author and book name all supported.

For customers

• Librarian has admin powers and manages users and books.
• Able to ban users, manage inventory and moderate the platform.

Upcoming changes

1. Improvements in UI.
2. Better storage than Google Drive or use of Drive API to simplify matters.