Insta-Api-Clone

• Attempt to clone some of functionalities of Instagram
• Frontend in React.js

Tools and Tech.

• Python
• Django
• Django Rest Framework
• PostgreSQL Database
• Web Sockets
• Django Channels
• Redis Server
• Cronjob for Scheduling
• pip
• virtual env
• PyCharm

Features

• User Management
• Post Management
• Request-Follow-Unfollow
• Like, Comment
• Realtime Chat
• Real time Notifications
• Story for 24 hours
• Archived Stories,Posts

Development

• You should have PostgreSQL and Redis-Server running on your machine
  • For setting up Database and Password, run following commands in terminal

  psql -U postgres                 -[ For Windows ]
  sudo -u postgres psql            -[ For Linux   ]
  
  postgres=# CREATE USER instagram WITH SUPERUSER CREATEDB CREATEROLE PASSWORD 'instagram';
  postgres=# CREATE DATABASE instagram OWNER instagram;
  

• Create Virtual Environment
• Install Following Dependencies using pip
  • django, pillow, channels, channels_redis, djangorestframework, python-decouple, psycopg2 or psycopg2-binary
• Configure Database, Username and Password in .env File
  • If you need to change server urls then you can change it in Instagram > settings.py file.
• Run following Commands

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

Debugging

• Chrome Browser
• Postman
• WebSocket King

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - Copyright (c) 2020 Hemang Nakarani