jsgovea / django-api

Django Application Setup Guide

Welcome to the Django application setup guide! Follow the steps below to get your Django application up and running. This guide will take you through cloning the repository, setting up the virtual environment, installing dependencies, applying migrations, and running the development server.

Prerequisites

• Python (version 3.6 or above)
• Git
• pip (Python package installer)

Installation Steps

1. Clone the Repository

First, clone the repository from GitHub to your local machine using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/jsgovea/django-api && cd django-api

Steps to create the virtualenv

1. Create the virtualenv

Windows

python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate

macOS & Linux

python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate

2. Install the requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Apply the migrations

python manage.py migrate

4. Run the project

python manage.py runserver

Open the server

Access to http://127.0.0.1:8000/