🎓 LMS API (Learning Management System)

A scalable, modular, and production-ready Learning Management System (LMS) API built with FastAPI. The project follows clean architecture principles, asynchronous programming, and RESTful API best practices to support modern e-learning platforms.

🛠️ Developed by Farid Ahmed

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✨ Features

• 👤 User Authentication & Authorization (JWT)
• 🎓 Student & Instructor Management
• 📚 Course Management
• 📝 Lesson & Module Management
• 📂 File Upload Support
• 📖 Enrollment System
• 📊 Student Progress Tracking
• 🧾 Quiz & Assignment APIs
• 🏆 Certificate Management
• 🔐 Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• ⚡ FastAPI Async Support
• 📖 Automatic Swagger API Documentation
• 🐳 Docker Ready
• 🗄️ Database Migration with Alembic

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📂 Project Structure

.
├── app/
│   ├── api/
│   │   └── v1/
│   │       ├── endpoints/
│   │       │   ├── auth.py
│   │       │   ├── users.py
│   │       │   ├── courses.py
│   │       │   ├── lessons.py
│   │       │   ├── enrollments.py
│   │       │   ├── quizzes.py
│   │       │   └── certificates.py
│   │       └── api.py
│   │
│   ├── core/
│   │   ├── config.py
│   │   └── security.py
│   │
│   ├── crud/
│   ├── db/
│   │   ├── base.py
│   │   ├── session.py
│   │   └── init_db.py
│   │
│   ├── models/
│   ├── schemas/
│   ├── services/
│   ├── utils/
│   └── main.py
│
├── tests/
├── alembic/
├── requirements.txt
├── Dockerfile
├── .env.example
└── README.md

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🏗️ Architecture

Client
   │
   ▼
FastAPI API
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Authentication (JWT)
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Business Services
   │
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CRUD Layer
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SQLAlchemy ORM
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PostgreSQL / MySQL

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⚙️ Technology Stack

Backend

• Python
• FastAPI
• SQLAlchemy
• Pydantic
• Alembic

Database

• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• SQLite

Authentication

• JWT Authentication
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

DevOps

• Docker
• Nginx
• Linux

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🚀 Installation

Clone Repository

git clone <repository-url>

cd lms-api

Create Virtual Environment

python -m venv venv

Windows

venv\Scripts\activate

Linux / macOS

source venv/bin/activate

Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

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⚙️ Environment Variables

Create a .env file.

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://username:password@localhost/lms_db

SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key

ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES=30

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▶️ Run Development Server

uvicorn app.main:app --reload

Application:

http://localhost:8000

Swagger Documentation:

http://localhost:8000/docs

ReDoc:

http://localhost:8000/redoc

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📚 Core Modules

• Authentication
• Users
• Students
• Instructors
• Courses
• Categories
• Lessons
• Modules
• Enrollments
• Quizzes
• Assignments
• Certificates
• Progress Tracking
• Notifications

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📌 API Endpoints

Module	Endpoint
Authentication	/api/v1/auth
Users	/api/v1/users
Courses	/api/v1/courses
Lessons	/api/v1/lessons
Enrollments	/api/v1/enrollments
Quizzes	/api/v1/quizzes
Certificates	/api/v1/certificates

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🧪 Testing

pytest

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🐳 Docker

Build:

docker build -t lms-api .

Run:

docker run -p 8000:8000 lms-api

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🚀 Future Improvements

• Payment Gateway Integration
• Live Classes
• Video Streaming
• Discussion Forum
• AI Learning Assistant
• Email Notifications
• Mobile API
• Analytics Dashboard

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👨‍💻 Author

Farid Ahmed

Software Engineer

Connect

• GitHub: https://github.com/faridahmed-devhub
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/faridahmed-devhub
• Email: faridahmed.devhub@gmail.com

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📄 License

Licensed under the MIT License.