🚗 DriveShare - Peer-to-Peer Car Rental Marketplace

DriveShare is a modern web-based Peer-to-Peer Car Rental Marketplace that allows users to either rent a car or list their own vehicle for rental. The platform provides a secure booking system, admin verification for car listings, instant booking, invoice generation, and owner earnings management.

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📌 Features

👤 Customer

• Register & Login (OTP Simulation)
• Browse available cars
• Advanced search & filters
• Instant booking
• Booking history
• Download invoices
• Cancellation & refund policy
• View pickup location
• Contact details revealed only 24 hours before pickup

🚙 Car Owner

• Register & Login
• List multiple vehicles
• Upload vehicle images & documents
• Set rental price per day
• Manage availability
• View booking history
• Track earnings
• Receive booking notifications

🛡️ Admin

• Secure admin login
• Verify new vehicle listings
• Approve / Reject listings
• Manage users
• Manage bookings
• Remove fake listings
• Monitor platform activities

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⭐ Key Features

• Dual User Platform (Customer & Owner)
• Admin Vehicle Verification
• Instant Booking
• Automatic Availability Calendar
• Platform Commission (5–10%)
• In-State / Out-of-State Pricing
• PDF Invoice Generation
• Booking History
• Earnings Dashboard
• Responsive UI
• Secure Authentication
• Contact Number Reveal 24 Hours Before Pickup

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript
• Bootstrap 5

Backend

• Python
• Flask

Database

• SQLite

Tools

• SQLAlchemy
• Jinja2
• Flask-Login
• Git & GitHub

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📂 Project Structure

DriveShare/
│
├── app.py
├── models.py
├── requirements.txt
├── database.db
│
├── static/
│   ├── css/
│   ├── js/
│   ├── images/
│   └── uploads/
│
├── templates/
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── login.html
│   ├── register.html
│   ├── dashboard.html
│   ├── browse_cars.html
│   ├── car_details.html
│   ├── booking.html
│   ├── owner_dashboard.html
│   ├── admin_dashboard.html
│   └── profile.html
│
└── README.md

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🚀 Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/DriveShare.git

Go to the project folder

cd DriveShare

Create a virtual environment

python -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment

Windows

venv\Scripts\activate

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the project

python app.py

Open your browser

http://127.0.0.1:5000

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📸 Modules

• Landing Page
• Authentication
• Customer Dashboard
• Owner Dashboard
• Admin Dashboard
• Car Listing
• Car Booking
• Booking History
• Invoice Generation
• Vehicle Verification
• Earnings Dashboard

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🔒 Business Rules

• Every newly listed vehicle must be verified by the administrator.
• Contact numbers are hidden until 24 hours before pickup.
• Booked dates become unavailable automatically.
• Owners receive earnings after successful booking.
• Platform commission is automatically added to the rental amount.
• Out-of-state bookings incur additional charges.
• Cancellation within 24 hours receives a 50% refund.
• Cancellation before 24 hours receives a full refund.

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👨‍💻 Team

Developed as a 2nd Year College Software Engineering Project.

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📜 License

This project is developed for educational purposes.