Django API consumer frontend

Description:

This is a Django web app the consumes an API created in C# using ASP.NET Core. The API is a simple CRUD API for managing food items, places and universities as well as users. The frontend is a simple web app that allows users to view, add, update, and delete food items.

Setting up development environment for Django API consumer frontend.

Live demo: UniFood

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/l-velazquez/UniFood_Django.git

2. Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv

3. Activate the virtual environment:

source venv/bin/activate

4. Install the required packages using the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Copy example environment file:

cp .env_example .env

Edit any of the information that .env requires. If deploying to production, make sure to change the values inside of the .env file.

6. Run the Django server:

cd UniFood # Change to the project directory
python manage.py migrate # Create the database to store session data
python manage.py runserver # Run the server on localhost port 8000

The server will run on 'http://localhost:8000/'.