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REALMS: 一个图书管理系统

REALMS Establishes A Library Management System, written in Go, using a MySQL database.

Introduction to Database Systems (H) @ Fudan University, spring 2020.

封面出处

Getting started

0 Prerequisities

To set up the environment, you need to have the following dependencies installed.

For Windows, try MinGW-w64.

1 Installation

First, you need to obtain the REALMS package.

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git clone https://github.com/hakula139/REALMS.git
cd REALMS

Then you can build the project using Make.

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make build

For MinGW-w64 on Windows, use the command below.

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mingw32-make build

You should see the following output, which indicates a successful installation.

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build: realms done.
build: realmsd done.

2 Usage

2.1 realmsd - the backend

Run realmsd using the command below, and the server will listen to port 7274 by default.

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./bin/realmsd

Realmsd will open a database connection to a MySQL database, originally at root:Hakula@tcp(localhost:3306)/library. You can modify the configuration in the config file ./configs/db_config.json. There’s no need to manually create a database named library, as it’ll be created automatically in advance.

2.2 realms - the frontend

To interact with the backend, here’s a simple CLI tool, namely, realms. Though, it’s not necessarily required, since you can easily build another frontend with the RESTful APIs, a guide for which will be provided later.

Run realms using the command below.

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./bin/realms

You should see the welcome message.

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Welcome to REALMS! Check the manual using the command 'help'.
>

To get started with REALMS, use the command help to show all available commands.

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> help
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COMMANDS:
   Public:
      help           Shows a list of commands
      exit           Quit

      login          Log in to your library account
      logout         Log out of your library account
      status         Shows the current login status

      show books     Shows all books in the library
      show book      Shows the book of given ID
      find books     Finds books by title / author / ISBN

   Admin privilege required:
      add book       Adds a new book to the library
      update book    Updates data of a book
      remove book    Removes a book from the library

      add user       Adds a new user to the database
      update user    Updates data of a user
      remove user    Removes a user from the database
      show users     Shows all users in the library
      show user      Shows the user of given ID

   User privilege required:
      me             Shows the current logged-in user

      borrow book    Borrows a book from the library
      return book    Returns a book to the library
      check ddl      Checks the deadline to return a book
      extend ddl     Extends the deadline to return a book
      show list      Shows all books that you've borrowed
      show overdue   Shows all overdue books that you've borrowed
      show history   Shows all records

It’s quite easy to understand how these commands work, nevertheless we’re going to introduce them in detail in the next chapter.

3 REST API

Here we’ll demonstrate the usage of these RESTful APIs by example.

3.1 Log in

3.1.1 Request

Method: POST /login
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
CLI command: login

In realms:

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> login
Enter Username: Hakula
Enter Password:

You’ll be required to enter your username and password (FYI, the password is invisible while typing). There’s no signup in REALMS, so a user account can only be acquired from an admin.

To authenticate a user’s credentials, REALMS uses the session. In the implementation of realms, a session cookie is used to store the essential information, and the cookies are handled by cookiejar.

On the server-side, the password will be hashed using bcrypt before save.

3.1.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{ "data": true }

In case of a successful login, you’ll receive a welcome message.

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Welcome Hakula!

Otherwise, an error will be returned. If the server didn’t return a response, realms will print the following message.

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cli: failed to make an http request, did you start realmsd?

Other possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: user not exist
auth: incorrect password
auth: already logged in
auth: failed to save session

3.2 Log out

3.2.1 Request

Method: GET /logout
CLI command: logout

In realms:

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> logout
3.2.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{ "data": true }

In case of a successful logout, you’ll receive a success message.

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Successfully logged out!

Otherwise, an error will be returned. Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: invalid session token, have you logged in?
auth: failed to save session

3.3 Show current logged-in user

3.3.1 Request

Method: GET /user/me
CLI command: me

In realms:

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> me

User privilege is required, which means you have to login before doing this operation.

3.3.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{ "data": 3 }

Normally, your user ID will be returned.

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Current user ID: 3

If you’re not logged in, you’ll receive an error message below.

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auth: unauthorized

3.4 Show the current login status

3.4.1 Request

Method: GET /status
CLI command: status

In realms:

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> status
3.4.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{ "data": true }

If the current user is logged in, you’ll see the following message.

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Online

3.5 Add a new book

3.5.1 Request

Method: POST /admin/books
Content-Type: application/json
CLI command: add book

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{
  "title": "CS:APP",
  "author": "Randal E. Bryant",
  "publisher": "Pearson",
  "isbn": "978-0134092669"
}

In realms:

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> add book
Title (required): CS:APP
Author (optional): Randal E. Bryant
Publisher (optional): Pearson
ISBN (optional): 978-0134092669

Admin privilege is required. In REALMS, we use level to indicate a user’s privilege, which is a property of the user model. When a user makes a request, the server will check if he/she has admin privilege. If not, an Unauthorized Error will be returned.

You’ll be required to input the necessary information of the book, and the title field should not be blank, or an error will be returned. To skip an optional field in realms, simply press Enter.

On the server-side, the following message will be written to log using zap. The default path to the log file is ./logs/realmsd.log, which can be modified in the config file ./configs/log_config.json.

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-04T01:19:11.206+0800","msg":"Added book 20"}
3.5.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 20,
    "title": "CS:APP",
    "author": "Randal E. Bryant",
    "publisher": "Pearson",
    "isbn": "978-0134092669"
  }
}

The complete information of the added book will be returned, since you may want to display it in your front-end application. For the sake of simplicity, here realms will just print the book ID.

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Successfully added book 20

If not authorized (i.e. you’re not an admin), you’ll receive an error message below.

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auth: unauthorized

3.6 Update data of a book

3.6.1 Request

Method: PATCH /admin/books/:id
Content-Type: application/json
CLI command: update book

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{
  "title": "Computer Systems",
  "author": "Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron",
}

In realms:

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> update book
Book ID: 20
Title (optional): Computer Systems
Author (optional): Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron
Publisher (optional):
ISBN (optional):

Admin privilege is required.

Here :id refers to the book ID, which realms will prompt the user for input at the beginning.

Simply sending a request including just the fields that you want to update is fine, and empty values will be omitted. Still, there’s an input checker for all inputs on the server-side, which will validate your request body to prevent invalid requests.

The following message will be written to log.

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-04T01:41:57.908+0800","msg":"Updated book 20"}
3.6.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 20,
    "title": "Computer Systems",
    "author": "Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron",
    "publisher": "Pearson",
    "isbn": "978-0134092669"
  }
}

The updated data will be returned.

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Successfully updated book 20

Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized
database: book not found

3.7 Remove a book

3.7.1 Request

Method: DELETE /admin/books/:id
Content-Type: application/json
CLI command: remove book

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{ "message": "Book lost" }

In realms:

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> remove book
Book ID: 5
Explanation (optional): Book lost

Admin privilege is required.

The message field is optional, which is the explanation why you remove the book.

The following message will be written to log.

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-04T02:13:00.956+0800","msg":"Removed book 5 with explanation: Book lost"}

Or if there’s no explanation:

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-04T02:13:00.956+0800","msg":"Removed book 5"}
3.7.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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Since the book has already been removed, there’s no need to return its information.

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Successfully removed book 5

Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized
database: book not found

3.8 Show all books

3.8.1 Request

Method: GET /books
CLI command: show books

In realms:

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> show books
3.8.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 12,
      "title": "A Byte of Python",
      "author": "Swaroop C H",
      "publisher": "",
      "isbn": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 20,
      "title": "Computer Systems",
      "author": "Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron",
      "publisher": "Pearson",
      "isbn": "978-0134092669"
    },
    {
      "id": 22,
      "title": "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces",
      "author": "Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau",
      "publisher": "CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform",
      "isbn": "978-1985086593"
    }
  ]
}

We expect the following output, aligned in table style.

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ID      Title                    Author                   Publisher                ISBN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12      A Byte of Python         Swaroop C H
20      Computer Systems         Randal E. Bryant, David  Pearson                  978-0134092669
22      Operating Systems: Thre  Andrea C. Arpaci-Dussea  CreateSpace Independent  978-1985086593

Here the column width can be customized in realms, which is 25 by default. Overflowed content will be hidden.

If there’s no book found, realms will print the following message.

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No books found

In the implementation of realms, when handling distinct responses, generally we use an interface{} to represent the unknown data type (which can be bool, int, string, map[string]interface{}). However, when it comes to this response, the returned data is in fact a []map[string]interface{}, which cannot be asserted directly. So here’s a workaround.

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// ShowBooks shows all books in the library
func ShowBooks() error {
  // ...

  // Extracts the data
  // dataBody is of type interface{}
  if dataBody, ok := data["data"]; ok {
    books := dataBody.([]interface{}) // asserts to []interface{} first
    printBooks(books)
  }
  return nil
}

func printBooks(books []interface{}) {
  // ...
  for _, elem := range books {
    book := elem.(map[string]interface{}) // asserts the elements later
    // ...
  }
}

3.9 Show the book of given ID

3.9.1 Request

Method: GET /books/:id
CLI command: show book

In realms:

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> show book
Book ID: 20
3.9.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 20,
    "title": "Computer Systems",
    "author": "Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron",
    "publisher": "Pearson",
    "isbn": "978-0134092669"
  }
}

Output:

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Book 20
   Title:     Computer Systems
   Author:    Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron
   Publisher: Pearson
   ISBN:      978-0134092669

Possible error messages are shown below.

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database: book not found

3.10 Find books by title / author / ISBN

3.10.1 Request

Method: POST /books/find
Content-Type: application/json
CLI command: find books

To search by title (fuzzy, case-insensitive):

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{ "title": "o sys" }

To search by author (fuzzy, case-insensitive):

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{ "author": "bryant" }

To search by ISBN (exact, case-insensitive):

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{ "isbn": "978-0134092669" }

To search by title and author:

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{
  "title": "foo",
  "author": "bar"
}

etc.

In realms:

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> find books
Title (optional): o sys
Author (optional):
ISBN (optional):
3.10.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 20,
      "title": "Computer Systems",
      "author": "Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron",
      "publisher": "Pearson",
      "isbn": "978-0134092669"
    },
    {
      "id": 22,
      "title": "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces",
      "author": "Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau",
      "publisher": "CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform",
      "isbn": "978-1985086593"
    }
  ]
}

Output:

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ID      Title                    Author                   Publisher                ISBN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20      Computer Systems         Randal E. Bryant, David  Pearson                  978-0134092669
22      Operating Systems: Thre  Andrea C. Arpaci-Dussea  CreateSpace Independent  978-1985086593

If there’s no book found, realms will print the following message.

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No books found

3.11 Add a new user

3.11.1 Request

Method: POST /admin/users
Content-Type: application/json
CLI command: add user

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{
  "username": "Guest",
  "password": "123456",
  "level": 1
}

In realms:

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> add user
Enter Username: Guest
Enter Password:
Enter Password again:
(1: User, 2: Admin, 3: Super Admin)
Enter Privilege Level: 1

Admin privilege is required.

The username should be unique. As for the privilege level:

LevelPrivilege
1User
2Admin
3Super Admin

The following message will be written to log.

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-05T14:44:18.319+0800","msg":"Added user 11"}
3.11.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 11,
    "username": "Guest",
    "password": "$2a$10$wUGgnk03qDQwQNg0c722GuUm4oGbcG5GpC9vAqgAKxbfJ3jt8usYq",
    "level": 1
  }
}

Output:

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Successfully added user 11

Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized
database: username already exists

3.12 Update data of a user

3.12.1 Request

Method: PATCH /admin/users/:id
Content-Type: application/json
CLI command: update user

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{
  "password": "000000",
  "level": 2
}

In realms:

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> update user
User ID: 11
Enter Password:
Enter Password again:
(1: User, 2: Admin, 3: Super Admin)
Enter Privilege Level: 2

Admin privilege is required.

Here :id refers to the user ID. The level field is optional.

The following message will be written to log.

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-05T15:11:07.467+0800","msg":"Updated user 11"}
3.12.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 11,
    "username": "Guest",
    "password": "$2a$10$AKXBbTkngAwdW8SQXkswu.5mgOMcJZB80YtVz6M3pA2nK8UIjOxCO",
    "level": 2
  }
}

Output:

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Successfully updated user 11

Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized
database: user not found

3.13 Remove a user

3.13.1 Request

Method: DELETE /admin/users/:id
CLI command: remove user

In realms:

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> remove user
User ID: 11

Admin privilege is required.

The following message will be written to log.

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-05T15:20:12.451+0800","msg":"Removed user 11"}
3.13.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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Output:

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Successfully removed user 11

Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized
database: user not found

3.14 Show all users

3.14.1 Request

Method: GET /admin/users
CLI command: show users

In realms:

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> show users

Admin privilege is required.

3.14.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 3,
      "username": "Hakula",
      "password": "$2a$10$XEh0dNu4eNOJqXaf0Z.dVeHceZOU7gOaOqI8tXdy9dVXyskBFP5Hm",
      "level": 3
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "username": "Alukah",
      "password": "$2a$10$NogyoGcBYGDbOmjwI8L6Iui303oq4A2bEx7HFQitfsLxweU2BxoDK",
      "level": 1
    }
  ]
}

It’s obvious that we don’t need to display the hashed passwords here.

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ID      Username                 Level
--------------------------------------
3       Hakula                   3
5       Alukah                   1

Possible error messages are shown below.

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3.15 Show the user of given ID

3.15.1 Request

Method: GET /admin/users/:id
CLI command: show user

In realms:

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> show user
User ID: 3

Admin privilege is required.

3.15.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 3,
    "username": "Hakula",
    "password": "$2a$10$XEh0dNu4eNOJqXaf0Z.dVeHceZOU7gOaOqI8tXdy9dVXyskBFP5Hm",
    "level": 3
  }
}

Output:

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User 3
   Username: Hakula
   Level:    3

Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized
database: user not found

3.16 Borrow a book

3.16.1 Request

Method: POST /user/books/:id
Content-Type: application/json
CLI command: borrow book

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{ "borrow_date": "2020-01-01T12:00:00Z" }

In realms:

  • Debug mode: true
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> borrow book
Book ID: 20
(Format: yyyy-mm-dd)
Borrow date: 2020-01-01
(Format: hh:mm:ss)
Borrow time: 12:00:00
  • Debug mode: false
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> borrow book
Book ID: 20

User privilege is required.

Here we add a debug mode for testing purpose, since it’s impossible to keep waiting for several weeks until the borrowed book is overdue. When debug mode is enabled, a user can input the borrowing date manually, otherwise it will be set to the current date and time.

The following message will be written to log.

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-05T15:50:00.395+0800","msg":"User 5 borrowed book 20"}
3.16.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 15,
    "user_id": 5,
    "book_id": 20,
    "return_date": "2020-01-15T12:00:00Z",
    "extend_times": 0,
    "real_return_date": null
  }
}

The default return date is 14 days after the borrowing date. You may change it in the config file ./configs/library_config.json.

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Successfully borrowed book 20
Your return date is: 2020-01-15T12:00:00Z

If a user has more than 3 overdue books not returned (the limit may also be customized), his/her account will be suspended, which means he/she is no longer allowed to borrow another book before returning the overdue books. In that case, an error will be returned.

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library: too many overdue books

If the book has already been borrowed by the current user before, here comes another error.

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library: book already borrowed

Other possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized
database: book not found

3.17 Return a book

3.17.1 Request

Method: DELETE /user/books/:id
CLI command: return book

In realms:

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> return book
Book ID: 20

User privilege is required.

In the implementation of realmsd, the record is soft deleted, which means it will not be actually removed from the table. Instead, we use a delete_at column to store the time when the record is removed (the book is returned). Therefore, these records are temporarily ignored in most queries, but can still be obtained using the command show history, which we will introduce later.

The following message will be written to log.

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{"level":"info","time":"2020-05-05T17:18:07.279+0800","msg":"User 5 returned book 20"}
3.17.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{ "data": true }

Output:

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Successfully returned book 20

If the book has not been borrowed by the current user before, an error will be returned.

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library: book not borrowed

Other possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized

Why there’s not a book not found error here? It’s to prevent the case that an admin removed a book which had been borrowed, and now the user who borrowed it wants to return it back.

3.18 Check the deadline to return a book

3.18.1 Request

Method: GET /user/books/:id
CLI command: check ddl

In realms:

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> check ddl
Book ID: 22

User privilege is required.

3.18.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 30,
    "user_id": 5,
    "book_id": 22,
    "return_date": "2020-04-15T12:00:00Z",
    "extend_times": 0,
    "real_return_date": null
  }
}

Output:

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Record 30
   Book ID:     22
   Return Date: 2020-04-15T12:00:00Z
   Extended:    0/3

Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized
library: book not borrowed

3.19 Extend the deadline to return a book

3.19.1 Request

Method: PATCH /user/books/:id
CLI command: extend ddl

In realms:

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> extend ddl
Book ID: 22

User privilege is required.

3.19.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": {
    "id": 30,
    "user_id": 5,
    "book_id": 22,
    "return_date": "2020-04-22T12:00:00Z",
    "extend_times": 1,
    "real_return_date": null
  }
}

By default, the return date is extended by 7 days per request, and a user can extend the deadline for at most 3 times. You may change them in the config file ./configs/library_config.json.

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Record 30
   Book ID:     22
   Return Date: 2020-04-22T12:00:00Z
   Extended:    1/3

If a user tries to extend for more than 3 times, an error will be returned.

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Other possible error messages are shown below.

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3.20 Show all books that you’ve borrowed

3.20.1 Request

Method: GET /user/books
CLI command: show list

In realms:

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User privilege is required.

3.20.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 2,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 12,
      "return_date": "2019-02-10T18:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 3,
      "real_return_date": null
    },
    {
      "id": 30,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 22,
      "return_date": "2020-04-22T12:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 1,
      "real_return_date": null
    },
    {
      "id": 32,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 20,
      "return_date": "2020-05-20T12:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 0,
      "real_return_date": null
    }
  ]
}

Output:

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ID      Book ID   Return Date           Extended
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2       12        2019-02-10T18:00:00Z  3/3
30      22        2020-04-22T12:00:00Z  1/3
32      20        2020-05-20T12:00:00Z  0/3

If there’s no record found, realms will print the following message.

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Possible error messages are shown below.

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3.21 Show all overdue books that you’ve borrowed

3.21.1 Request

Method: GET /user/overdue
CLI command: show overdue

In realms:

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> show overdue

User privilege is required.

3.21.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 2,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 12,
      "return_date": "2019-02-10T18:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 3,
      "real_return_date": null
    },
    {
      "id": 30,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 22,
      "return_date": "2020-04-22T12:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 1,
      "real_return_date": null
    }
  ]
}

The records will be ordered by return date in ascending order.

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ID      Book ID   Return Date           Extended
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2       12        2019-02-10T18:00:00Z  3/3
30      22        2020-04-22T12:00:00Z  1/3

Possible error messages are shown below.

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auth: unauthorized

3.22 Show all your records

3.22.1 Request

Method: GET /user/history
CLI command: show history

In realms:

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> show history

User privilege is required.

3.22.2 Response

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

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{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 32,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 20,
      "return_date": "2020-05-20T12:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 0,
      "real_return_date": null
    },
    {
      "id": 30,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 22,
      "return_date": "2020-04-22T12:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 1,
      "real_return_date": null
    },
    {
      "id": 15,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 20,
      "return_date": "2020-01-15T12:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 0,
      "real_return_date": null
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "user_id": 5,
      "book_id": 12,
      "return_date": "2019-02-10T18:00:00Z",
      "extend_times": 3,
      "real_return_date": null
    }
  ]
}

The records will be ordered by record ID in descending order. Here returned date is equal to real_return_date in the response, which is the same as the delete_at column in the database. That’s why we use a soft delete.

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ID      Book ID   Return Date           Extended  Returned Date
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32      20        2020-05-20T12:00:00Z  0/3       N/A
30      22        2020-04-22T12:00:00Z  1/3       N/A
15      20        2020-01-15T12:00:00Z  0/3       2020-05-05T17:18:07Z
2       12        2019-02-10T18:00:00Z  3/3       N/A

Possible error messages are shown below.

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Design

4 Database schema

There’re currently 3 tables in database library, namely, books, users and records.

4.1 books

FieldTypeNullKey
idint(10) unsignedNOPRI
titlevarchar(255)NO/
authorvarchar(255)YES/
publishervarchar(255)YES/
isbnvarchar(255)YES/

4.2 users

FieldTypeNullKey
idint(10) unsignedNOPRI
usernamevarchar(255)NOUNI
passwordvarchar(255)NO/
levelint(10) unsignedNO/

4.3 records

FieldTypeNullKey
idint(10) unsignedNOPRI
user_idint(10) unsignedNO/
book_idint(10) unsignedNO/
return_datedatetimeNO/
extend_timesint(10) unsignedNO/
deleted_atdatetimeYES/

TODOs

  • Add unit tests