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A simple Django project which uses MySQL as database. It has Signup, Login, Logout functionality. It lets you search for countries, cities, languages from the default mysql dump. Django's user table has been overridden to store user information.

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simple-django-project

Installation

Prerequisites

1. Install Python

Install python-3.7.2 and python-pip. Follow the steps from the below reference document based on your Operating System. Reference: https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/installation/

2. Install MySQL

Install mysql-8.0.15. Follow the steps form the below reference document based on your Operating System. Reference: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/

3. Setup virtual environment

# Install virtual environment
sudo pip install virtualenv

# Make a directory
mkdir envs

# Create virtual environment
virtualenv ./envs/

# Activate virtual environment
source envs/bin/activate

4. Clone git repository

git clone "https://github.com/Manisha-Bayya/simple-django-project.git"

5. Install requirements

cd simple-django-project/
pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Load sample data into MySQL

# open mysql bash
mysql -u <mysql-user> -p

# Give the absolute path of the file
mysql> source ~/simple-django-project/world.sql
mysql> exit;

7. Edit project settings

# open settings file
vim panorbit/settings.py

# Edit Database configurations with your MySQL configurations.
# Search for DATABASES section.
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'world',
        'USER': '<mysql-user>',
        'PASSWORD': '<mysql-password>',
        'HOST': '<mysql-host>',
        'PORT': '<mysql-port>',
    }
}

# Edit email configurations.
# Search for email configurations
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = '<your-email>'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '<your-email-password>'
EMAIL_PORT = 587

# save the file

8. Run the server

# Make migrations
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

# For search feature we need to index certain tables to the haystack. For that run below command.
python manage.py rebuild_index

# Run the server
python manage.py runserver 0:8001

# your server is up on port 8001

Try opening http://localhost:8001 in the browser. Now you are good to go.

9. URLs

home for search: http://localhost:8001/

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