🛡️ Warracker

Warracker is an open-source warranty tracker application designed to help you effortlessly keep track of product warranties, expiration dates, and related documentation.

🌟 Overview

Warracker is a web-based application designed to simplify and centralize product warranty management. Key capabilities include:

• Centralized Warranty Management: Track and manage all your product warranties in one place.
• Detailed Records: Save essential details like purchase dates, durations, and notes.
• Document Storage: Upload and securely store receipts, invoices, product manuals, and other related files (e.g., ZIP, RAR archives).
• Proactive Alerts: Visual notifications for active, expiring (customizable from 1 to 365 days), and expired warranties.
• Quick Search and Filter: Instantly find warranties by product name, tags, or notes.
• Notes Support: Add freeform notes to each warranty for extra context or reminders.
• Secure Access with Multi-User Support: Create multiple user accounts for shared access; admins can enable or disable new user creation.
• System Status Dashboard: Real-time system health and warranty summary.
• Data Export and Import: Export warranty data to CSV, or import warranties from CSV files.
• Email Notifications: Receive timely email reminders about upcoming expirations — configurable as daily, weekly, or monthly.
• Customizable Currency Symbols: Display prices using your preferred currency symbol ($, €, £, ¥, ₹, or a custom symbol).
• Customizable Dates: Display dates based on your own region.
• Tagging: Organize warranties with flexible, multi-tag support.
• Password Reset: Easily recover accounts through a secure, token-based password reset flow.

📸 Screenshots

Home Page

Status Dashboard

✨ Features

• Warranty Management: Add, edit, and delete warranty information easily.
• Document Storage: Upload and manage receipts, invoices, and product manuals securely.
• Extended Document Storage: Securely upload and store additional product-related documents or files in ZIP or RAR format.
• Status Tracking: Visual indicators for warranty status (active, expiring soon, expired).
• Notes: Add detailed notes for each warranty, viewable and editable via a dedicated notes modal.
• Search and Tagging: Find warranties quickly using product names, notes, or multiple tags.
• Multi-User Management: Support for multiple user accounts; admin users can control whether new accounts can be created.
• Responsive Design: Optimized for both desktop and mobile devices.
• Secure Login: Safe and private authentication for all users.
• Password Reset: Token-based secure password recovery flow.
• Email Alerts: Customize how and when you receive expiration notifications.
• CSV Export/Import: Full support for backing up and restoring warranty data.
• Currency Customization: Personalize displayed prices with your preferred symbol.

🛠️ Technology Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Backend: Python with Flask
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Containerization: Docker and Docker Compose
• Web Server: Nginx

🚀 Setup

Prerequisites

• Docker and Docker Compose installed on your system.
• Git (for cloning the repository).

Fresh Installation 🆕

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/sassanix/Warracker.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd Warracker
   

3. Start the application using Docker:

   docker compose up
   

Updating from a Previous Version ⬆️

1. Pull the latest changes:

   git pull origin main
   

2. Rebuild and restart the containers:

   docker compose down
   docker compose up --build
   

3. Access the Application:

   Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8005.

🐋 Pull Docker

  services:
  warracker:
    image: ghcr.io/sassanix/warracker/main:latest
    ports:
      - "8005:80"
    volumes:
      - warracker_uploads:/data/uploads
    environment:
      - DB_HOST=warrackerdb
      - DB_NAME=warranty_db
      - DB_USER=warranty_user
      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-warranty_password}
      - SMTP_HOST=smtp.email.com
      - SMTP_PORT=465
      - SMTP_USERNAME=youremail@email.com
      - SMTP_PASSWORD=password
      - SECRET_KEY=${APP_SECRET_KEY:-your_strong_default_secret_key_here} 
      - MAX_UPLOAD_MB=32 # Example: Set max upload size to 32MB 
      - NGINX_MAX_BODY_SIZE_VALUE=32M # For Nginx, ensure this matches MAX_UPLOAD_MB in concept (e.g., 32M)
    # - FLASK_DEBUG=0
    depends_on:
      warrackerdb:
        condition: service_healthy
    restart: unless-stopped
  
  warrackerdb:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=warranty_db
      - POSTGRES_USER=warranty_user
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-warranty_password}
    restart: unless-stopped

    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U $$POSTGRES_USER -d $$POSTGRES_DB"]
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5

volumes:
  postgres_data:
  warracker_uploads:

To get the docker compose file please go here

📝 Usage

Adding a Warranty

1. Fill in the product details on the left panel.
2. Enter the purchase date and warranty duration.
3. Optionally upload receipt/documentation.
4. Click the "Add Warranty" button.

Managing Warranties

• Use the search box to filter warranties.
• Click the edit icon to modify warranty details.
• Click the delete icon to remove a warranty.

📦 Product Information Entry Requirements for CSV import

Field Name	Format / Example	Required?	Notes
ProductName	Text	✅ Yes	Provide the name of the product.
PurchaseDate	Date (YYYY-MM-DD, e.g., 2024-05-21)	✅ Yes	Use ISO format only.
WarrantyDurationYears	Whole Number (0, 1, 5)	✅ Yes, if IsLifetime is FALSE and Months/Days are 0/blank. At least one duration field (Years, Months, Days) must be non-zero if not lifetime.	Represents the years part of the warranty. Can be combined with Months and Days.
WarrantyDurationMonths	Whole Number (0, 6, 18)	✅ Yes, if IsLifetime is FALSE and Years/Days are 0/blank. At least one duration field (Years, Months, Days) must be non-zero if not lifetime.	Represents the months part of the warranty. Can be combined with Years and Days. Max 11 if Years also provided.
WarrantyDurationDays	Whole Number (0, 15, 90)	✅ Yes, if IsLifetime is FALSE and Years/Months are 0/blank. At least one duration field (Years, Months, Days) must be non-zero if not lifetime.	Represents the days part of the warranty. Can be combined with Years and Months. Max 29/30 if Months also provided.
IsLifetime	TRUE or FALSE (case-insensitive)	❌ No (Optional)	If omitted, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, duration fields are ignored.
PurchasePrice	Number (199.99, 50)	❌ No (Optional)	Cannot be negative if provided.
SerialNumber	Text (SN123, SN123,SN456)	❌ No (Optional)	For multiple values, separate with commas.
ProductURL	Text (URL format)	❌ No (Optional)	Full URL to product page (optional field). https://producturl.com
Vendor	Text	❌ No (Optional)	Name of the vendor or seller where the product was purchased.
Tags	Text (tag1,tag2)	❌ No (Optional)	Use comma-separated values for multiple tags.

💻 Development

Local Development Environment

1. Clone the repository.

2. Make your changes.

3. Build and run with Docker Compose:

   docker-compose build
   docker-compose up -d
   

Project Structure

warracker/
├── backend/             # Python Flask backend
│   ├── app.py           # Main application logic
│   ├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies
│   └── init.sql         # Database initialization
├── frontend/            # Web frontend
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── script.js
│   └── style.css
├── docker-compose.yml   # Docker configuration
├── Dockerfile           # Container definition
└── nginx.conf           # Web server configuration

🗺️ Roadmap

• User Authentication - Completed ✅
• Settings Page - Completed ✅
• Status Page - Completed ✅
• Customizing Reminders to any day needed - Completed ✅
• Email Reminders for Expiring Warranties - Completed ✅
• Warranty Categories/Grouping through tags - Completed ✅
• Warranty Data Import (CSV) - Completed ✅
• Improved Search and Filtering - Completed ✅
• Warranty claim tracking - Planned
• Calendar Integration - Planned

🛠️ Troubleshooting

Common Issues

• Connection Refused Error: Ensure all containers are running (docker-compose ps). Verify the backend is correctly connected to the database.
• Database Errors: If schema issues arise, double-check that the database initialization script (init.sql) matches the expected schema in app.py.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! We encourage you to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgements

• Flask
• PostgreSQL
• Docker

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