1.Create you virtualenv and install the packages pip install -r requirements.txt 2.Initialize database and create the database mapping used for persistance in the url shortener API. python manage.py makemigrations 3.Apply the database mapping from the app to the database; migrate the database. python manage.py migrate 4.Run the application. python manage.py runserver Test: GET=http://localhost:8000 post=http://localhost:8000 example post: { "url":"https://github.com/" }