Expense Tracker

A simple Expense Tracker application that allows users to add, view, filter, and calculate total expenses.

Video demo

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xu6Jikom9qOHG3765-4xL77u2uEcVu2-/view?usp=sharing

🚀 Features

• Add expenses with details (amount, category, date, and description).
• View a list of recorded expenses.
• Filter expenses by date and category.
• View the total expenses for a given period.

🛠 Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js with Express (using MongoDB/MySQL for storage).
• Frontend: React.js

📌 API Endpoints

Expenses

• POST /expenses → Add a new expense.
• GET /expenses → Retrieve all expenses.
• GET /expenses?category=Food&date=YYYY-MM-DD → Filter expenses.
• GET /expenses/total?start=YYYY-MM-DD&end=YYYY-MM-DD → Get total expenses for a date range.

📦 Installation & Setup

Backend Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/satyam-02/Noise-Expense-Tracker.git
   cd expense-tracker/backend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables in .env:

   PORT=5000
    DB_HOST=sql12.freesqldatabase.com
    DB_USER=sql12765941
    DB_PASS=EzLMArlLXm
    DB_NAME=sql12765941

4. Start the backend server:

   node server.js

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend directory:

   cd ../frontend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Start the frontend:

   npm run dev

🚀 Running the Project

Ensure both backend and frontend are running:

# Start backend
cd backend &&  node server.js

# Start frontend (in a new terminal)
cd frontend && npm run dev

🎯 Usage

• Open http://localhost:5173 to access the frontend.
• The backend runs on http://localhost:5000.

🤝 Contributing

Feel free to fork the project, create a feature branch, and submit a pull request!

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Made with ❤️ by [Satyam]