🚀 CareerTrack API

A RESTful API built with Laravel to manage and track job applications in a structured, scalable, and efficient way.

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📌 Features

• 🔐 User authentication using Laravel Sanctum
• 📄 Full CRUD for job applications
• ✅ Request validation with Form Requests
• 🎯 API Resources for standardized responses
• 👤 User-based data isolation (multi-user ready)
• 📊 Application tracking (status, salary, source, etc.)

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Laravel 13.3.0
• PHP 8.3
• SQLite (development)
• Laravel Sanctum

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📡 API Endpoints

🔐 Auth

• POST /api/auth/register
• POST /api/auth/login

📄 Job Applications

• GET /api/applications
• POST /api/applications
• GET /api/applications/{id}
• PUT /api/applications/{id}
• PATCH /api/applications/{id}
• DELETE /api/applications/{id}

📊 Stats

• GET /api/stats

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📥 Example Request

{
  "company_name": "Google",
  "position_title": "Backend Developer",
  "status": "applied",
  "source": "LinkedIn",
  "salary_min": 35000,
  "salary_max": 45000,
  "location": "Remote",
  "notes": "First application",
  "applied_at": "2026-04-05"
}

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⚙️ Installation

git clone https://github.com/ericcobasdev/careertrack-api.git cd careertrack-api

composer install cp .env.example .env php artisan key:generate

php artisan migrate

php artisan serve

🔐 Authentication

This API uses Laravel Sanctum. After login, include the token in headers: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN

📈 Project Status

🚧 This project is actively under development.

Upcoming features: 🔒 Authorization with Policies 📄 Pagination & filtering 📊 Advanced statistics 🐳 Docker setup 🧪 Automated testing

👨‍💻 Author

Eric Cobas Full-Stack Developer (Laravel / React / Vue)