Library Portal

Library Portal is an Android app to show the list of currently issued books from IIT Library, Delhi.

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About EnigmaIITD

We are a team of undergraduates that aim to use our development skills to develop apps that could help solve problems people might face and ease their work through software.

Workflow

• We need the user to enter their IIT Delhi LDAP User ID and password, which is used to fetch their email messages
• Only the relevant emails from Library containing Issue/Return info are fetched
• These emails are then parsed to create meaningful objects containing the book name, accession number, and most importantly, the Due date.
• These objects are stored in a local database to allow quick retrieval of info.
• On further runs of the app, only the new emails are fetched from the server and rest of the info is taken from the local database.
• This info is displayed in a convenient list, which user can see to determine which books due date is near

Features

• Forget the hassle of checking your email again and again to see which book is due when
• See all the consolidated info in one place
• Minimal network usage as only the new, required emails are fetched

Future Plans

• Send reminder to user at their preferred time when due date is approaching
• Once data has been fetched, show information offline
• Sync book information from mail in background if required