Social_Media

This project is a social networking application API built using Django Rest Framework (DRF). The API includes user authentication, search functionality, and friend request management.

Features

User Authentication:
- Signup with email (case insensitive).
- Login with email and password (case insensitive).
User Search:
- Search users by email or name (paginated, 10 records per page).
- Exact email match returns the associated user.
- Partial name match returns all matching users.
Friend Management:
- Send, accept, and reject friend requests.
- List of friends (accepted friend requests).
- List of pending friend requests (received but not yet accepted/rejected).
- Limit of 3 friend requests per minute per user.

Installation Steps

Prerequisites

Docker
Docker Compose
Git

Steps

Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/kiranrokkam09/social_media.git
cd social_media

Build and Run Docker Containers:
```
docker-compose up --build
```
Create a Superuser (optional): To create an admin user for accessing the Django admin interface:
```
docker-compose exec web python manage.py createsuperuser
```

API Endpoints

Authentication

Signup:

POST /signup
{
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "password": "your_password"
}

Login:

POST /login
{
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "password": "your_password"
}

User Search

Search Users:
```
GET /search/?q=search_string
```

Friend Management

Friend Suggestions:
```
GET /suggestions
```
Send Friend Request:
```
POST /sendrequest/id
```
Accept Friend Request:
```
PATCH /acceptrequest/id
```
Reject Friend Request:
```
DELETE /rejectrequest/id
```
List Friends:
```
GET /friends
```
List Pending Friend Requests:
```
GET /requests
```

Postman Collection

The Postman collection link for testing all API endpoints is given Below. Postman Link

Requirements

See requirements.txt for a list of dependencies.

Notes

Ensure Docker and Docker Compose are installed and running on your machine.
Use the Postman collection for quick testing and evaluation of the API endpoints.