MAYANK816/winbookBackend

WinbookBackend Open Source Project

This is a small social media type project that was developed using the technologies below, and it includes the following sections:

1. Basic login
2. Posts
3. Comments and more...

Technology

- Python
- Django
- Django rest framework
- Pillow

Installation

1. Clone the repository

2. Create a virtual environment(optional)

   - Install the Virtual Environment
       ```python
       python3 -m venv venv
       source venv/bin/activate
       ```
   
   - Run the installation commands below
   
   - To leave the virtual environment
       ```shell
        deactivate
       ```
   

3. Install the requirements

       `
       pip install -r requirements.txt
       `
   

4. Setup environment variables

   - Create a .env file in the root directory
   - Add the following variables
       `
       EMAIL_HOST_USER=your_email
       EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=your_password
       SITE_URL=http://<your site url>
       `
   

5. Run the server

       `
       python manage.py runserver
       `