🗂️ Task Manager API

A secure and modern REST API for managing personal tasks, built with Flask, JWT, and SQLAlchemy. Designed as a full-stack project for learning, testing, and extending.

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🔧 Features

• ✅ User registration and authentication (/signup, /login)
• ✅ JWT-protected routes
• ✅ Full CRUD for tasks (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
• ✅ Task ownership per user
• ✅ Clean code structure (models, routes, extensions)
• ✅ Ready for frontend integration (React)

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📁 Project Structure

backend/
├── app.py # App entrypoint
├── extensions.py # DB & JWT init
├── models.py # SQLAlchemy models
├── routes.py # Auth + task routes
├── requirements.txt # Dependencies
├── .gitignore # Excludes venv, db, etc.

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🧪 API Endpoints

🔐 Auth

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/signup	Create user
POST	/login	Get JWT token

✅ Tasks (JWT Protected)

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/tasks	List user tasks
GET	/tasks/<id>	Get single task
POST	/tasks	Create task
PUT	/tasks/<id>	Update task
DELETE	/tasks/<id>	Delete task

➡️ Use Authorization: Bearer <token> header for protected routes.

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▶️ Getting Started

1. Clone the repo
2. Create virtualenv:

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # on Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   
   

4. Run the app:

   python app.py
   
   

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⚙️ Tech Stack

Backend: Flask, SQLAlchemy, JWT, SQLite

Security: Password hashing, route protection

Testing: Postman

👨‍💻 Author

Marco-Antonio Luchian
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-luchian-46293a244/