Check Out and Return items

[joelaw9]

What is the problem you are trying to solve with this feature?

Items don't always stay at the Location they home at. A drill, for example, will float all around and there's no current way to track who took it and who is responsible for it.

What is the solution you are proposing?

'Check Out' and 'Return' buttons. A supporting API endpoint and QR code. And a check out log.

Use Case 1: Item A is at item's location and Person A has a HomeBox account and wants to use it somewhere else.
Person A scans the displayed QR Code or presses the 'Check Out' button. Person A is now tagged as the responsible party for Item A. Person A finishes what they were doing and returns Item A. In the app the 'Check Out' button is grayed out and 'Return' is now clickable, so Person A now clicks the 'Return' button, or he can scan the same QR code again.

Use Case 2: Item A is at item's Location and Person A lets Person B, who has a HomeBox account, borrow it to take it to a third location.
Person B logs into HomeBox and checks out Item A, taking the responsibility from Person A.

Use Case 3: Person C, who does not have a HomeBox account, wants to use Item A at another location.
Person C scans the QR Code and is stopped at the log in screen where Person C now has to register an account, then can check out Item A and eventually return it.

What alternatives have you considered?

A physical log or a group text would be an alternative, but are fraught with their own problems. One could add a field to every item and have people manually edit their names into the field every time, but that's cumbersome and tedious.

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[Stitch10925]

Pretty neat for when you lend out tools or items to friends, that way you can see who has it