Alike-Backend

Description

Alike is a social media platform where innovative minds collaborate and share ideas to create the projects of tomorrow. The platform is deisgned so developers can showcase their projects, share their feedback, and keep up on all the latest technology.

Built by developers - for developers!

• Backend GitHub Link: https://github.com/NickFasulo/BackEnd-Alike
• Frontend GitHub Link: https://github.com/annadruzhinina/FrontEnd-Alike/
• Heroku API Root Directory: https://backend-alike.herokuapp.com/

API Screenshots and Endpoints

ROOT API

USERS

POSTS

SINGLE POST

Endpoints

To get started, navigate to the root path or insert one of the following paths into your browser:

1. Root Path: https://backend-alike.herokuapp.com/
2. User: https://backend-alike.herokuapp.com/user/
3. All Posts: https://backend-alike.herokuapp.com/posts/
4. Single Post: https://backend-alike.herokuapp.com/post/:id
5. Comment: https://backend-alike.herokuapp.com/comment/
6. Admin: https://backend-alike.herokuapp.com/admin/

Technical Notes

Django Models

Django User:

• username
• password

User Profile:

• username
• email
• password
• re_password

Post:

• image (cloudinary URL)
• github_link
• project_name
• heartQty
• username (ForeignKey links to user model)

Comment:

• username
• comment
• post (ForeignKey links to post model)

Cloudinary

Cloudinary was used to allow users to upload photos of their projects from multiple sources and apply parameters to those images. Here's an overview of the data flow.

Dependencies

• Cloudinary
• Cors
• Django
• Dotenv
• Heroku CLI
• Knox
• PostgresSQL
• Psycopg2-binary
• Python
• Rest Framework

Future Features

• Comments section associated with each Post
• Functional profile pages
• Searchable tags
• Pagination
• Direct messaging between users
• Archiving favorite projects
• Following user profiles
• Forums, groups
• Tracking a user's likes
• Friends list
• Superuser for site arbitration
• Avatars

Team

Anna Druzhinina

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-druzhinina/

GitHub: https://github.com/annadruzhinina

Ron Lanzilotta

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronlanzilotta/

GitHub: https://github.com/RonLanzilotta

Nick Fasulo

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-fasulo/

GitHub: https://github.com/NickFasulo

Vasilis Myrianthopoulos

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasilis-myrianthopoulos/

GitHub: https://github.com/Vasilis89

Ryan Ehrlich

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanehrlich/

GitHub: https://github.com/Jagerziel

Jose Calderon

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-a-calderon-software-engineer/

GitHub: https://github.com/HowzayCalderon

Argurjana Olloni

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aolloni/

GitHub: https://github.com/argurjanaolloni

Alex Chang

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexlchang/

GitHub: https://github.com/individual-ism

TEAM