📝 Blogging System

Welcome to the Blogging System! This project allows users to create, manage, and interact with articles. It features user authentication, article management, and a powerful API built with Django and FastAPI.

🚀 Features

• User Authentication: Sign up, log in, and manage user profiles securely.
• Article Management: Create, read, update, and delete articles with tags and publication dates.
• Filter Articles: Filter articles by publishing date and tags for better discoverability.
• FastAPI Integration: FastAPI provides a lightweight and high-performance API for article interactions.
• Password Management: Forgot password functionality with secure reset tokens.
• Admin Panel: A Django admin interface for managing users and articles efficiently.

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Django: Web framework for building the application and handling backend logic.
• FastAPI: For building a fast and efficient RESTful API.
• Django REST Framework: To extend Django’s capabilities for building APIs.
• Redis: Used for caching and session management, improving performance.
• PostgreSQL: The database used for storing user and article data.
• Python venv: For managing project dependencies in an isolated environment.
• Celery: Distributed task queue used for handling asynchronous tasks such as background jobs and scheduled tasks, integrated with Redis as a message broker.

⚙️ Configuration

Logging

• Configured to log messages to both the console and a file (debug.log) for easy debugging and monitoring.

Caching

• Redis is configured as the cache backend to store frequently accessed data, speeding up response times and reducing database load.

User Model

• A custom user model (CustomUser) extends the default Django user model, enabling additional features while avoiding conflicts.

📦 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Ghosts6/Blogging-System
   cd blogging_system

2. Set up a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate 

3. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run Redis server separately (ensure Redis is installed):

   redis-server

5. Apply migrations:

   python3 manage.py makemigrations
   python3 manage.py migrate

6. Collect static files:

   python3 manage.py collectstatic
   

7. Run the Django development server:

   python3 manage.py runserver # on port 8000 & redis on port 6379
   python3 manage.py runfastapi # on port 8001

8. Access the FastAPI documentation at http://127.0.0.1:8001/docs or http://127.0.0.1:8001/redoc to interact with the API.

💬 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit a pull request or create an issue to discuss improvements.