Sociolite

Backend for a simple social media application, built using django and django-rest-framework.

Instructions to run locally

Make sure you have python 3.8 or higher installed and added to system path

• Clone the repository
• Create a python virtual environment (not necessary, but highly recommended): $ python -m venv venv
• Activate the virtual environment: $ source venv/bin/activate
• Install dependencies: $ pip install -r requirements.txt
• Create a .env file with following content:

SECRET_KEY=<random-django-secret-key>
DEBUG=True

• Apply migrations: $ python manage.py migrate
• Start dev server: $ python manage.py runserver