/weblearn

Django application that makes REST API calls to a Blackboard Learn system using Matthew Deakyne's BbRest package for Python developers.

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

BBDN-Web-Learn

This project is set up to demonstrate making REST API calls from Django

To configure:

Install Python 3.7.x

See https://docs.python.org/3.7/using/index.html

Install Django 3.x

See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/install/

config_template.py

Copy config_template.py to config.py and fill in your information:

adict = {
    "learn_rest_fqdn" : "your.learnserver.net",
    "learn_rest_key" : "Your REST API KEY GOES HERE NOT Mine",
    "learn_rest_secret" : "Your REST API SECRET GOES HEREer",
}
  • learn_rest_fqdn should be set to the FQDN of your Blackboard Learn instance. Be sure to avoid the request scheme, i.e. use mylearn.blackboard.edu

To Run

  • The Django webserver should be made available on the public internet with a valid SSL certificate. For development on his local system, the author uses for ngrok to forward from the domain www.avinyet.com to the localhost:8000 with:
~/ngrok tls -region=us -hostname=www.avinyet.com -key ~/avinet.rsaprivatekey.pem -crt ~/avinet.fullchaincert.pem 8000
  • After cloning from github run pip install -r requirements.txt . Next run python manage.py migrate to apply the migrations. And last, start the server with python manage.py runserver