The PennyPilot API is a backend service for a personal budgeting and saving app that helps users allocate their income into sub-accounts, set financial goals, and track expenses, savings, and investments. The API is built using Go, with Chi router for handling routes and PostgreSQL as the database.
- User authentication (sign up, log in, password reset)
- Income and sub-account management
- Dynamic percentage-based allocation of funds into sub-accounts
- Tracking of transfers between sub-accounts
- Lending and borrowing management
- Goal setting for savings and investments
- Language: Go
- Framework: Chi router
- Database: PostgreSQL
- Architecture: RESTful API
- Authentication: JWT-based authentication
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/felix-Asante/pennyPilot-go-api.git cd pennypilot-api- Install dependencies
go mod tidy
- Setup DB
Run this code to setup uuid for the database
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp"- Run the server
go run main.go or air