Bonafide Certificate Generator

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Overview

The Bonafide Certificate Generator is a Spring Boot-based web application that allows an institution to:

• Create student profiles.
• View all registered students.
• Generate and download a Bonafide Certificate (in PDF format) for any student based on their ID.

The app is affiliated with Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology and reflects a real-time use case of issuing student certificates.

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Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	Spring Boot (Java)
Frontend	HTML, CSS, JavaScript
PDF Gen	iText (in PDFGeneratorService)
Build Tool	Maven
Database	H2 (In-memory for development)
Server	Embedded Tomcat (via Spring Boot)

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Project Structure

BonafideGenerator/
├── src/
│   ├── main/
│   │   ├── java/com/newveela/bonafidegenerator/
│   │   │   ├── controller/
│   │   │   ├── model/
│   │   │   ├── repository/
│   │   │   └── service/
│   │   ├── resources/
│   │   │   ├── static/
│   │   │   │   ├── index.html
│   │   │   │   ├── createStudent.html
│   │   │   │   ├── allstudents.html
│   │   │   │   └── style.css
├── images/ (Screenshots of UI and workflow)
├── pom.xml (Maven configuration)

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Functionalities

1. Create Student

• Form accepts:
  • Student Name
  • Department
  • Course Name
• Backend saves student record to database.
• Confirmation message shown on success.

2. View All Students

• Displays a list of all students with:
  • Student ID (clickable for download)
  • Name
  • Department
  • Course Name
  • Issue Date
• Clicking Student ID opens a confirmation popup before PDF download.

3. Generate Certificate (via ID)

• Homepage input field allows entering Student ID manually.
• Confirmation popup shown before download.
• PDF gets generated dynamically and downloaded.

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Sample PDF Output

• Auto-generated with student info
• Shows name, roll number, department, course, and academic year
• Contains CBIT branding and issuance details

Refer to BonafidePdf.png for example output.

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How to Run the Project

# Step 1: Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/newveela/BonafideGenerator.git
cd BonafideGenerator

# Step 2: Build the project
./mvnw clean install

# Step 3: Run the Spring Boot application
./mvnw spring-boot:run

# Step 4: Open the app in browser
http://localhost:8080/index.html

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Screenshots

Homepage:

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Create Student:

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View All Students:

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Download Confirmation Popup:

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Download Dialog:

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Sample Bonafide Certificate PDF:

Sample Database Login:

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Confirmation Popup Example:

When a user clicks on the "Generate Certificate" button or student ID, the following confirmation appears:

"Do you want to download the certificate for Student ID: CS646?"

If the user clicks OK, the download is triggered.

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Future Improvements

• Add database integration (currently assumed in-memory or JPA).
• Search functionality on the "View All Students" page.
• Admin login for security.
• Enhanced UI with frameworks like React or Bootstrap.
• Email delivery of certificates.

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