The-Gram

author

description

An application that mimics instagram where a user can post photos ,like and comment on photos and follow friends to see their photos

how it works

a user creates an account
a user edits his/her profile
a user can post a photo
a user can follow friends to see their photos

Installation requirements

To run the application do the following:

clone this repo by running: git clone https://github.com/billowbashir/the-gram
set up a virtual environment python3.6 -m venv python3.6 -m venv virtual
activate virtual environment source virtual/bin/activate
to install all requirements pip install -r "requirements.txt"

create a file .env and put in the following configurations:

   - SECRET_KEY=<secret key>
   - DEBUG=False
   - DB_NAME=<database name>
   - DB_USER='<username>
   - DB_PASSWORD=<your password>
   - DB_HOST='127.0.0.1'
   - MODE='dev'
   - ALLOWED_HOSTS=<your site name>
   - DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1

run the application locally with python manage.py runserver

Link to live site

https://bashir-the-gram.herokuapp.com

likely bugs

Currently the application has no known bugs but if you come across any issues feel free to contact me from the email address that will be provided below.

Testing

to run tests run python manage.py test app

technologies used

The technologies used to build the application are:

Python3.6 and django1.11
Bootstrap4
css
heroku live server

contact details

feel free to email me at billowbashir@gmail.com incase of any feedback or bugs you face

LICENCE

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

billowbashir/The-Gram