rescrapify

Setting Up the Project on Windows

Prerequisites

• Ensure that Python is installed on your system. If not, download and install Python from python.org.

Setting Up Virtual Environment

1. Install virtualenv:

   pip install virtualenv

2. Create a new virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv

3. Activate the virtual environment:

   .\venv\Scripts\activate

Initializing Dependencies and Running the Server

4. Install Django in the virtual environment:

   pip install Django

5. Fork the main repository and Clone your forked repository:

   git clone https://github.com/<your username>/rescrapify.git

6. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd rescrapify

7. Install project dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

There's a need for initializing SECRET_KEY and .env.

1. Generate SECRET_KEY in python shell:

   from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key
   print('SECRET_KEY=',get_random_secret_key())

2. Add SECRET_KEY in .env :

   SECRET_KEY= <YOUR GENERATED SECRET_KEY>
   EMAIL_HOST_USER = "<Your email Id>"
   EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "<You email app password>" 
   
   RAZOR_PAY_KEY_ID = "<Your razorpay key id>"
   RAZOR_PAY_KEY_SECRET = "<Your razorpay key secret>"
   
   LINK = http://127.0.0.1:8000

3. Make changes in the database using makemigrations:

   python manage.py makemigrations

4. Update the actual database:

   python manage.py migrate

5. Create a Superuser to access the admin panel

   python manage.py createsuperuser

6. Try running the server:

   python manage.py runserver