A robust and scalable REST API backend for event management, built with ASP.NET Core 8.0. This solution empowers event organizers with seamless event creation, user registration, payment processing, and real-time notifications.

• 🎟 Event Management: Create, update, delete, and list events with detailed metadata.
• 🔐 User Authentication & Authorization: Secure access with JWT-based authentication and role-based permissions.
• 💳 Payment Integration: Seamless transactions via Stripe and PayPal.
• 🔑 Google Authentication: Enable users to sign in with their Google accounts.
• 📩 Email Notifications: Automated email updates for event registrations and status changes.
• 📢 Real-time Updates: Powered by SignalR for instant event notifications.
• 🔄 API Versioning: Maintain backward compatibility with multiple API versions.
• 📊 Rate Limiting: Prevent abuse by enforcing request limits.
• 📜 Structured Logging: Enhanced debugging with Serilog.
• 📖 Interactive API Docs: Swagger-based documentation for easy API exploration.

• Install .NET 8.0 SDK
• Set up a PostgreSQL database
• Register for Stripe/PayPal accounts (for payments)
• Create a Google Developer Console project (for OAuth sign-in)
• Configure SMTP server (for email notifications)

Update appsettings.json:

"ConnectionStrings": {
  "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=EventManagementDB;Username=your_username;Password=your_password"
}

Create a .env file in the root directory:

GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_client_id
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_google_client_secret

"EmailSettings": {
  "SmtpServer": "your_smtp_server",
  "SmtpPort": 587,
  "SmtpUsername": "your_email",
  "SmtpPassword": "your_password",
  "SenderEmail": "your_email",
  "SenderName": "Your Sender Name"
}

"Stripe": {
  "SecretKey": "your_stripe_secret_key",
  "PublishableKey": "your_stripe_publishable_key",
  "WebhookSecret": "your_stripe_webhook_secret"
}

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-repo/event-management-server.git
cd event-management-server

# Run database migrations
dotnet ef database update

# Start the application
dotnet run

Access API documentation at: https://localhost:5001/swagger

For a full list of endpoints and request details, refer to the Swagger API documentation.

📂 EventManagementServer
├── 📁 Controllers       # API controllers
├── 📁 Models            # Data models
├── 📁 Data              # Database context & migrations
├── 📁 Services          # Business logic
├── 📁 Repositories      # Data access logic
├── 📁 DTOs              # Data Transfer Objects
├── 📁 Validators        # FluentValidation logic
├── 📁 Helpers           # Utility functions
├── 📁 Interfaces        # Abstraction layers
└── 📁 Configurations    # Application settings

✅ JWT Authentication with expiration handling
✅ Role-based Authorization for restricted access
✅ Rate Limiting to prevent excessive API calls
✅ Input Validation using FluentValidation
✅ HTTPS Enforcement for secure communication

We welcome contributions! 🚀 Follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new feature branch.
3. Commit your changes with clear messages.
4. Submit a pull request (PR).

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

💡 Building the future of event management—one API at a time!