Car Rental Management System

A full-stack web application for managing car rentals, built with modern web technologies.

🚀 Features

• User authentication and authorization
• Car inventory management
• Booking and reservation system
• Admin dashboard
• Responsive design
• Real-time updates
• 💳 Secure Payment Processing with Razorpay integration
  • Multiple payment methods support (Cards, UPI, Netbanking, Wallets)
  • Secure transaction handling
  • Payment history tracking
  • Refund management

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React.js
• Vite
• React Router
• Axios for API calls
• Razorpay Checkout for payment processing

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• JWT Authentication
• RESTful API
• Razorpay API integration

📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• MongoDB
• npm or yarn

🚀 Getting Started

Backend Setup

1. Navigate to the backend directory:

cd Backend

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Create a .env file in the backend directory with the following variables:

PORT=5000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
RAZORPAY_KEY_ID=your_razorpay_key_id
RAZORPAY_KEY_SECRET=your_razorpay_key_secret

4. Start the backend server:

npm start

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend directory:

cd Frontend

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Start the development server:

npm run dev

📁 Project Structure

Car_Rental/
├── Backend/
│   ├── controllers/    # Request handlers
│   ├── models/         # Database models
│   ├── routes/         # API routes
│   ├── middleware/     # Custom middleware
│   ├── utils/          # Utility functions
│   └── index.js        # Entry point
│
└── Frontend/
    ├── src/            # React source code
    ├── public/         # Static assets
    └── package.json    # Frontend dependencies

🔐 Authentication

The application uses JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for authentication. Users can:

• Register new accounts
• Login with existing credentials
• Access protected routes based on their role

📝 API Documentation

The backend provides a RESTful API with the following endpoints:

• /api/auth/* - Authentication routes
• /api/cars/* - Car management routes
• /api/bookings/* - Booking management routes
• /api/users/* - User management routes

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

👥 Authors

• Om Wanere - Initial work

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Thanks to all contributors who have helped shape this project

💳 Payment Processing

The application integrates with Razorpay for secure payment processing. Features include:

• Secure payment processing for cards, UPI, netbanking, and wallets
• Automatic payment verification
• Refund processing
• Payment history tracking

To enable payment processing, add the following to your backend .env file:

RAZORPAY_KEY_ID=your_razorpay_key_id
RAZORPAY_KEY_SECRET=your_razorpay_key_secret