Twitter App Clone - Backend

Description

This project aims to clone the Twitter app using RESTful API architecture. It has been built using Django and the Django REST Framework.
It is a simple CRUD API that allows users to create, read, update and delete posts, comment on posts, and follow other users.

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Install the project requirements using the command below:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Create a .env file at the root of the project and add the following configurations:
```
SECRET_KEY='<your_secret_key>'
DEBUG=True
```

Run the migrations using the following commands:

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Create a superuser account using the command below: (follow the prompts)
```
python manage.py createsuperuser
```
Run the server using the command below:
```
python manage.py runserver
```
Open the browser and navigate to localhost:8000/api/v1 to access the API endpoints on the browsable API.
In order to view the API endpoints on the browsable API, you need to be logged in:

To register a new user, navigate to http://localhost:8000/api/v1/register/ and input the required details.
If using the browsable API, you can go to http://localhost:8000/api/v1/rest-auth/login/ to login this will log you by creating a session cookie that will be used to authenticate you for the rest of the session.
If using a API client like Postman, you can login by sending a POST request http://localhost:8000/api/v1/login/ with the following payload:
```
{
    "username": "<your_username>",
    "password": "<your_password>"
}
```
If the login is successful, you will receive a response with the following payload:
```
{
    "token": "<your_token_key>"
}
```
From there, all you need to do is append the token to the Authorization header of all subsequent requests in the format:
```
Authorization: Token <your_token_key>
```
You can now access all the API endpoints on the browsable API.