InternTrack — Internship & Placement Tracker

A full-stack web application to track internship and job applications, manage resumes, set deadline reminders, and visualize your placement progress from a single dashboard.

Features

• 🔐 Authentication — JWT-based auth with bcrypt password hashing
• 📋 Application Tracking — Full CRUD with status pipeline (applied → interview → offer / rejected)
• 🔍 Search & Filter — Search by company/role, filter by status, sort, and paginate
• 📄 Resume Management — Upload, download, and link resumes to specific applications
• ⏰ Reminders — Track upcoming deadlines and interviews, with optional automated email notifications
• 📊 Analytics Dashboard — Visual breakdown of application status and activity over time
• 🔒 Per-user data isolation — Every request is scoped to the authenticated user

Tech Stack

Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, React Router, Recharts, Axios Backend: Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL Auth: JWT, bcryptjs File Uploads: Multer Email: Resend API

Project Structure

INTERNTRACK/ ├── Backend/ │ ├── server.js │ └── src/ │ ├── config/ # DB connection, Multer, Resend client │ ├── controllers/ # Request/response handling │ ├── services/ # Business logic and SQL queries │ ├── middleware/ # Auth guard, request logger │ ├── routes/ # API route definitions │ ├── models/ # Shared constants │ └── db/ # Schema and migration script └── frontend/ └── src/ ├── pages/ # Route-level views ├── components/ # Reusable UI components ├── hooks/ # Auth context and hook └── services/ # API client

API Overview

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/users	Register a new user
POST	/users/login	Log in, returns JWT
GET	/users/:id	Get user profile (auth)
GET	/applications	List applications — supports search, filter, sort, pagination (auth)
POST	/applications	Create an application (auth)
PUT	/applications/:id	Update an application (auth)
DELETE	/applications/:id	Delete an application (auth)
GET	/resumes	List resumes (auth)
POST	/resumes	Upload a resume (auth)
GET	/resumes/:id/download	Download a resume (auth)
GET	/reminders	List reminders (auth)
POST	/reminders	Create a reminder (auth)
GET	/stats/overview	Dashboard statistics (auth)

All protected routes require Authorization: Bearer <token> and are scoped to the authenticated user.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+)
• PostgreSQL

Backend

cd Backend
cp .env.example .env    # configure your database credentials
npm install
npm run db:init         # applies the schema
npm run dev              # starts on http://localhost:5000

Frontend

cd frontend
cp .env.example .env
npm install
npm run dev              # starts on http://localhost:5173

Environment Variables

Backend .env

Variable	Description
DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD	PostgreSQL connection
JWT_SECRET	Secret used to sign auth tokens
RESEND_API_KEY	(optional) Enables email reminders via Resend

Frontend .env

Variable	Description
VITE_API_BASE_URL	Backend API base URL

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.