This is the HereInAfter Library API, a RESTful API for managing a library's book collection. It allows publishers to perform CRUD operations on books, get user tokens for authentication, and more.

• CRUD operations for managing books.
• User authentication with bearer tokens.
• Endpoint to get user tokens based on user ID (for testing purposes only).
• Manual pagination for better control over data retrieval.

• Laravel: A PHP web application framework used for backend development.
• MySQL: A relational database management system for storing book and user data.
• Composer: A dependency manager for PHP used for installing project dependencies.
• Artisan: Laravel's command-line tool for various tasks, including migrations and serving the application.

• Type: Many-to-Many
• Method: $this->belongsToMany(Author::class);

• Type: Belongs To Many
• Method: $this->belongsToMany(Publisher::class);

• Type: Many-to-Many
• Method: $this->belongsToMany(Book::class);

• Type: Belongs To Many
• Method: $this->belongsToMany(Book::class);

Test description does not contain all the information so I've coded it by assuming following things:

• User is already registered (seeding)
• A user can be a publisher
• User will use its authentication token to make changes as a publisher
• Authors are termed as seperate resource and are not user of the application

To run this project locally, follow the steps below:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/abrarprogrammer/hereinafter-library.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd hereinafter-library

3. Install dependencies:

   composer install

4. Create a copy of the .env.example file and rename it to .env:

   cp .env.example .env

5. Generate an application key:

   php artisan key:generate

6. Configure your database settings in the .env file.

7. Run database migrations:

   php artisan migrate

8. Seed the database:

   php artisan db:seed

9. Start the development server:

   php artisan serve

10. The API will be available at http://127.0.0.1:8000 by default.

Get the user token for authentication.

• URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/test/get-token/{user_id}
• Method: GET

• Status: 200 OK
• Body: <token>

Add a new book to the library.

• URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/book
• Method: POST
• Authorization: Bearer Token
• Token: <token>
• Body: form-data
  • name: Book name
  • author_ids: 5,7

• Status: 201 Created

Modify details of a book in the library.

• URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/book/{book_id}
• Method: PUT
• Authorization: Bearer Token
• Token: <token>
• Query Params:
  • name: Updated book name

• Status: 200 OK
• Body: JSON representation of the modified book

Delete a book from the library.

• URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/book/{book_id}
• Method: DELETE
• Authorization: Bearer Token
• Token: <token>

• Status: 204 No Content