Galgotias University Certificate App

A full-stack web application to generate, download, and verify student certificates for Galgotias University.

Table of Contents

1. Key Features
2. Pages & Usage
3. Folder Structure
4. Getting Started
5. Live Demo
6. Tech Stack

Key Features

• Generate unique certificate numbers and store records in MongoDB
• Download certificates as beautifully styled PDFs (with university logo & signatures)
• Verify certificate authenticity by certificate number and student name
• Responsive frontend with navigation, forms, and results
• CORS-enabled API for seamless client-server interaction

Pages & Usage

• index.html: Homepage with stats & quick links to all flows.
• get_certificate.html: Fill form (name, mobile, email, DOB, college, course, admission no., section, semester, address) to generate a certificate record.
• download_certificate.html: Enter name, admission number, DOB to fetch your record, preview details, then download PDF and share via LinkedIn/Twitter/Email.
• verify_certificate.html: Provide certificate number & full name to confirm authenticity; returns status and details.
• about.html: University overview, mission, and core values.
• contact.html: Campus address, phone/email contacts, & directions for visitors.

Folder Structure

Galgotias-Certificate-app\   
└── frontend\
    ├── css\
    │   └── style.css 
    ├── images\      
    ├── js\
    │   └── script.js  
    ├── index.html
    ├── get_certificate.html
    ├── download_certificate.html
    ├── verify_certificate.html
    ├── about.html
    └── contact.html

Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/Saurabhtbj1201/galgotias-university-certificate.git
   cd galgotias-university-certificate

2. Backend setup

   cd backend
   npm install
   export MONGO_URI=<Your MongoDB URI>
   npm start

3. Frontend setup
   Simply open any .html in frontend/ or serve via a static server:

   cd frontend
   npx http-server .  # or live-server

Live Demo

https://galgotias-university-certificate.vercel.app/

Tech Stack

• Node.js & Express
• MongoDB & Mongoose
• PDFKit for dynamic PDF generation
• Vanilla HTML, CSS & JavaScript
• CORS & body-parser middleware

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

👨‍💻 Developer

© Made with ❤️ by Saurabh Kumar. All Rights Reserved 2025

Saurabh Kumar

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