VenueBooking

VenueBooking is an ASP.NET Core MVC web application for discovering, managing, and booking event venues. It supports three roles: Admin, Owner, and Customer.

Tech Stack

• ASP.NET Core MVC (.NET 9)
• Entity Framework Core 9
• SQL Server / LocalDB
• Cookie authentication and session state
• Razorpay payment integration

Main Features

• Customer venue search and browsing with filters for city, venue type, guest count, and date
• Venue details pages with themes, pricing, images, amenities, reviews, and blocked date handling
• Customer registration, login, booking history, booking details, notifications, and messages
• Owner dashboard for venue management, bookings, revenue, reviews, and subscription limits
• Admin dashboard for users, venues, bookings, revenue, approvals, messages, and audit activity
• Razorpay order creation and payment signature verification
• Contact page, FAQ, About, Privacy, and error pages

Project Structure

• Controllers/ - MVC controllers for Admin, Auth, Customer, Home, and Owner workflows
• Data/ - EF Core DbContext and model configuration
• Models/ - domain entities and enums
• ViewModels/ - page-specific view models
• Services/ - application services such as RazorpayService
• Views/ - Razor views and shared layouts
• wwwroot/ - static files, styles, scripts, and uploads

Local Configuration

The app loads appsettings.Local.json automatically on startup. Keep secrets there so they do not get committed.

Example structure:

{
  "Razorpay": {
    "KeyId": "your_key_id",
    "KeySecret": "your_key_secret"
  }
}

The default SQL Server connection string is in appsettings.json and targets VenueBookingDB on LocalDB.

Getting Started

1. Restore packages

dotnet restore

2. Apply database migrations

dotnet ef database update

3. Run the application

dotnet run

If you prefer Visual Studio, you can also run the app with F5 after the database is configured.

Notes

• appsettings.Local.json is ignored by Git so Razorpay keys stay local.
• Build output folders such as bin/ and obj/ are also ignored.
• Authentication redirects unauthenticated users to /Auth/Login.