Setting Up Locally For Development

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Table Of Contents

• Setting Up Locally For Development
  • Requirements
  • Step 1
  • Step 2
  • Step 3
  • Step 4
  • Step 5
  • Step 6

Requirements

Python

Link To Download Python

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Step 1

Clone the project and navigate into the main project folder

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Step 2

Create A Virtual Environment

Run py -m venv venv in the command prompt in the main project folder for windows users

Activate the virtual environment by runing venv\Scripts\activate in the commant prompt for windows users

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Step 3

Run pip install -r requirements.txt in the commant prompt for windows users

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Step 4

Environment Variables

Create a .env file and put in it the following:

Name	Value
SECRET_KEY	Click to here generate one
DEBUG	True

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Step 5

Run these commands in the terminal

py manage.py makemigrations

py manage.py migrate

py manage.py runserver

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Step 6

Navigate to Api Documentation for api documentation

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Note:

If you have no previous knowledge on Python or django here are links to their documentations:

Python Documentation

Django Documentation

Django Rest Framework Documentation

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