The Octopus Library

The Octopus Library is an online platform for selling/buying old books built with Python using the Django Web Framework.

P.S: Implemented the Rest API using Django Rest Framework.

Demo

Check the website at http://theoctopuslibrary.pythonanywhere.com

Technology Stack

• Python 3.6
• Django 1.11
• Django Rest Framework 3.8
• Twitter Bootstrap 4
• jQuery 3
• Pinax Messages (API built by hand)

Installation Guide

Clone this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/thetruefuss/theoctopuslibrary.git

Install requirements:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Copy .env.example file content to new .env file and update the credentials if any i.e Gmail account etc.

Run Django migrations to create database tables:

$ python manage.py migrate

Run the development server:

$ python manage.py runserver

Verify the deployment by navigating to http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your preferred browser.