Article Search using DRF and DH with Whoosh

Article search application using django-haystack + Whoosh + django-rest-farmework

Project Setup

Use virtual env, It is optional but better to use to avoid dependency conflicts [ Skip this step if already have virtual env ]

sudo pip install virtualenv
sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper

After it's installed, add the following lines to your shell's start-up file (.zshrc, .bashrc, .profile, etc).

export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Reload .bashrc file

source ~/.bashrc

Virtual env wrapper commands

1. mkvirtualenv: To create a new environment. Example: mkvirtualenv blog
2. deactivate: To get out/off your virtualenv. Example: deactivate
3. workon: To jump back on the virtualenv. Example: workon blog
4. rmvirtualenv: To remove the virtualenv. Example: rmvirtualenv blog

Install project prerequisites libraries

Note: If you are using virtual env, first activate it using workon command.

Install project requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Schema migration

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Rebuild index

python manage.py rebuild_index

Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in browser