Instagram-clone

Description

Instagram-clone A social site where users can share images, follow other users, like and comment on their photos

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User Requirements

1. Sign in to the application to start using.
2. Upload my pictures to the application.
3. See my profile with all my pictures.
4. Follow other users and see their pictures on my timeline.
5. Like a picture and leave a comment on it.

Features

• Search for a user using their profile name.
• Django admin dashboard to manage the different users.
• Solid authentication system that allows users to sign in or register into the application before using it.

Setup

Requirements

This project was created on a debian linux platform but should work on other unix based[not limited to] sytems.

• Tested on Debian Linux
• Python3

Cloning the repository

git clone https://github.com/Blankphrase/Instagram-clone.git && cd Instagram-clone

Creating a virtual environment

python3 -m virtualenv virtual
source virtual/bin/activate

Installing dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements

Prepare environmet variables

Create a .env file and add the following configutions to it

SECRET_KEY= #secret key will be added by default
DEBUG= #set to false in production
DB_NAME= #database name
DB_USER= #database user
DB_PASSWORD=#database password
DB_HOST="127.0.0.1"
MODE= # dev or prod , set to prod during production
ALLOWED_HOSTS='.localhost', '.herokuapp.com', '.127.0.0.1'

Database migrations

python manage.py migrate

Running Tests

python manage.py test

Running the server

python manage.py runserver

Deploying to heroku

Refer to this guide: deploying to heroku Set the configuration to production mode

Live Demo

The web app can be accessed from the following link: World of Comicon

Technology used

• Python3.6
• Django 1.11
• Heroku

License (MIT License)

This project is licensed under the MIT Open Source license, (c) Clifford Kasera