Expense Application [CM 3050 Mobile Development] - Backend

Expense application backend is created using FastApi and SQL Model under the hood.

Run Locally

Go to the project directory

  cd backend/expense_app

Install dependencies

  poetry install

Start the server

  poetry run uvicorn ExpenseApp.main:app --reload

It is assumed that Poetry is already installed in the system. If it is not installed then please follow the installation guide from official documentation before executing the above commands. Peotry Installation

Alternative procedure to run using PIP

Create a virtual envoirnment

  python -m venv expense_app

Go to the project directory

  cd my-project [It should be /expense_app or any preceding directory]

Install dependencies

  pip install -r requirements.txt

Start the server

  uvicorn ExpenseApp.main:app --reload

FastApi - Official Documentation__

Database

Database (sqlite3) is also included for ease to refer the existing data already created while testing the application. You can access the user test1 with the following credentials:

  • Username: test1
  • Passwrod: test1

New users could be easily created using the signup screen from the front end and user specific expense/income transaction could also be posted once user is created and backend is live on a local host.

Demo