Django Backend

This is Backend Django project.

Setup

1. Create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv

2. Activate the virtual environment

On Windows:

venv\Scripts\activate

On Unix or macOS:

source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Apply migrations & run the development server

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

The Django backend will be running at http://localhost:8000/

A Django management command is a great way to add scripts that interact with your project. To create a command for loading your JSON data

python manage.py load_employees employees/employees.json

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the project root and configure the following environment variables:

pip install python-dotenv

Add this to the .env

DATABASE_NAME=my_database
DATABASE_USER=my_user
DATABASE_PASSWORD=my_password
DATABASE_HOST=localhost

Update sitting.py

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

# Load environment variables from .env file
load_dotenv()

# Access environment variables using os.getenv()
DATABASE_NAME = os.getenv('DATABASE_NAME')
DATABASE_USER = os.getenv('DATABASE_USER')
DATABASE_PASSWORD = os.getenv('DATABASE_PASSWORD')
DATABASE_HOST = os.getenv('DATABASE_HOST')

Docker

Alternatively, you can use Docker and Docker Compose to run the backend:

Build the Docker image

docker-compose build

Run the Docker containers

docker-compose up -d