📌 Job Tracker

Job Tracker is a basic pet project that allows users to register, log in, and manage a list of job vacancies. It supports JWT authentication and basic CRUD operations for vacancies.

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🚀 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, React Router, Axios
• Backend: FastAPI
• Database: PostgreSQL (main), SQLite (tests)
• Auth: JWT (OAuth2 PasswordBearer)
• Validation: Pydantic v2
• Testing: Pytest
• Dev Server: Vite (frontend), Uvicorn (backend)

⚠️ This is a basic implementation meant for learning and portfolio purposes.

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⚙️ Backend Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/job-tracker.git
cd job-tracker

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Linux/macOS
venv\Scripts\activate    # Windows

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create a .env file

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:yourpassword@localhost/jobtracker
SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
ALGORITHM=HS256
ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES=30

5. Run the backend server

The database tables are automatically created at startup using SQLAlchemy.

uvicorn main:app --reload

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🧪 Running Tests

Run tests using SQLite in-memory:

PYTHONPATH=./backend pytest -v

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📬 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description	Auth
POST	/users/register	Register new user	❌
POST	/users/login	Get JWT token	❌
GET	/vacancies	Get all vacancies	✅
POST	/vacancies	Create new vacancy	✅
PUT	/vacancies/{id}	Update vacancy by ID	✅
DELETE	/vacancies/{id}	Delete vacancy by ID	✅

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✍️ Author

Anastasia Tolmacheva