🗂 Task Management System (Django + DRF + JWT)
This is a full-stack Task Management System built using Django and Django REST Framework.
The project started as a regular Django web app (HTML + Bootstrap UI) and was later extended with a REST API using JWT authentication and rate limiting.
The main goal was to build something practical with proper structure — not just simple CRUD — but with role-based access, soft delete, filtering, pagination, and security basics.
🚀 Features 🔐 Authentication
Custom User Model (Email as username)
JWT Authentication (Access & Refresh tokens)
Login rate limiting (throttling)
Role-based access control
👤 Users
Create, update, delete users
Role system (Admin / Manager / Employee / User)
/api/users/me/ endpoint
Soft delete support
📋 Tasks
Create, update, delete tasks
Soft delete (no hard deletes)
Role-based task visibility
Assigned user can update task status
Pagination (UI + API)
Filtering by status & priority
Custom change_status API action
📊 Dashboard
Task statistics (total / pending / completed)
API endpoint for summary
🛠 Tech Stack
Python 3.12
Django
Django REST Framework
SimpleJWT
Bootstrap
SQLite
⚙️ Setup
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/your-username/task-management-system.git cd task-management-system
Create virtual environment and install dependencies:
python -m venv venv venv\Scripts\activate pip install -r requirements.txt
Run migrations and start server:
python manage.py migrate python manage.py runserver 🔑 API Authentication
Get JWT token:
POST /api/token/ { "email": "admin@example.com", "password": "yourpassword" }
Use in header:
Authorization: Bearer <access_token> 📡 Main API Endpoints Authentication
POST /api/token/
POST /api/token/refresh/
Users
GET /api/users/
POST /api/users/
GET /api/users//
PATCH /api/users//
DELETE /api/users//
GET /api/users/me/
Tasks
GET /api/tasks/
POST /api/tasks/
GET /api/tasks//
PATCH /api/tasks//
DELETE /api/tasks//
PATCH /api/tasks//change_status/
Dashboard
GET /api/dashboard/
📌 Project Focus
Clean architecture
Custom authentication
Role-based access
Soft delete logic
Security basics (JWT + throttling)
Proper Git workflow
This project was built to strengthen backend fundamentals and simulate a real-world task management system.