Car Rental System

The Car Rental System is a web application built with Node.js and MongoDB, designed to facilitate the rental of cars by customers.

Features

• Car Management: Perform CRUD operations for cars, including adding, updating, and deleting car information. Cars are marked as rented when rented out.
• Customer Management: Manage customers through CRUD operations, including signing up, signing in, updating, and deleting customer profiles.
• Rental Management: Handle the rentals, including creating new rentals, updating rental information, and deleting rentals once returned.
• Special Queries: Includes specialized API endpoints to retrieve specific information about cars based on their model and rental status.

MongoDB Models

Car

• name: String
• model: String
• rental_status: String (Status of the car, either 'available' or 'rented')

User

• name: String
• password: String
• email: String
• phone: String
• role: String ('customer' or 'admin')

Rental

• car: ObjectId (Reference to Car model)
• customer: ObjectId (Reference to Customer model)
• rental_date: Date
• return_date: Date

API Endpoints

User APIs

1. Signup

   • POST /users/signup
   • Request Body: { name, password, email, phone }
   • Creates a new customer account in the system.

2. Login

   • POST /users/login
   • Request Body: { email, password }

3. Get a specific user

   • GET /users/:user_id
   • Retrieves details of a specific user by user ID.

4. Get all users

   • GET /users/
   • Retrieves a list of all registered users.

5. Update user (owner only)

   • PUT /users/:user_id
   • Request Body: { customer_id, name, email, phone }
   • Updates details of a specific user. Access restricted to owner/administrator.

6. Delete user (owner only)

   • DELETE /users/:user_id
   • Deletes a specific user from the system. Access restricted to owner/administrator.

Car APIs

1. Add car

   • POST /cars/
   • Request Body: { name, model, rental_status }
   • Adds a new car to the system.

2. Get a specific car

   • GET /cars/:car_id
   • Retrieves details of a specific car by car ID.

3. Get all cars

   • GET /cars/
   • Retrieves a list of all cars available in the system.

4. Update a car

   • PUT /cars/:car_id
   • Request Body: { name, model, rental_status }
   • Updates details of a specific car in the system.

5. Delete a car

   • DELETE /cars/:car_id
   • Deletes a specific car from the system.

Rental APIs

1. Create Rental

   • POST /rentals/
   • Request Body: { customer, rental_date, return_date, car }
   • Creates a new rental transaction for a customer to rent a car.

2. Update Rental

   • PUT /rentals/:rental_id
   • Request Body: { customer, rental_date, return_date, car }
   • Updates details of a specific rental transaction.

3. Delete Rental

   • DELETE /rentals/:rental_id
   • Deletes a specific rental transaction from the system.

4. Get all Rentals

   • GET /rentals
   • Retrieves a list of all rental transactions in the system.

5. Get a specific Rental

   • GET /rentals/:rental_id
   • Retrieves details of a specific rental transaction by rental ID.

Special APIs

1. Get all cars whose model is ‘Honda’ and ‘Toyota’

   • GET /cars/special?models=Honda,Toyota
   • Retrieves a list of all cars with models 'Honda' or 'Toyota'.

2. Get Available Cars of a Specific Model

   • GET /cars/available?model=Honda
   • Retrieves a list of available cars of a specific model.

3. Get Cars that are Either rented or of a Specific Model

   • GET /cars/rentedOrSpecific?model=Honda
   • Retrieves a list of cars that are either rented or of a specific model.

4. Get Available Cars of Specific Models or Rented Cars of a Specific Models

   • GET /cars/available-or-rented?availableModel=Toyota&rentedModel=Honda
   • Retrieves a list of available cars of specific models or rented cars of a specific models.