README.md

django-tinder ❤️

DjangoTinder is app written for fun using Django with power of GeoDjango and PostgreSQL with PostGIS extension.

It aims to simulate what backend of app like Tinder does, that is: finding people meeting nearby, sex, age, orientation, criteria.

App provides just one endpoint for finding nearby people. 🌎

The docker-compose is provided for simple setup.

how to run it?

Assuming you have docker 🐳 installed on your machine - just:

docker-compose up -d

generate random data:

this commands generates given as argument number of random users within Warsaw see for way of picking randoms the source of: api/management/commands/generate_random_users.py

docker exec -it web python manage.py generate_random_users 10000

generate 1 non-random user:

this command generates user andi with deterministic data, see source code of: api/management/commands/generate_andi_user.py

docker exec -it web python manage.py generate_andi_user

fetch from API endpoint tinder like proposals:

after calling two commands above; to get proposals matching distance, age, sex, etc. make GET call to the endpoint like this:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/proposals/andi/52.230/21.002/

The endpoint will return proposal for user andi.

maps widget in admin

to have nice google maps in admin fill in .env file value:

GOOGLE_MAP_API_KEY=<here_your_google_maps_key_with_js_and_geocoding_rights>

running tests:

docker exec -it web pytest