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Built By Mamadou Billo Diallo

Description

This is aclone of the popular social media application: Instagram. The application allows users to upload, like and comment on other peoples images. Images must have captions and users have profiles where they can see all their images. The admin is currently responsible for editing or deleting images. Users must log in with credible emails

User Stories

These are the behaviours/features that the application implements for use by a user.

Users would like to:

  • View all images submitted by any user.
  • Click on images to display more details.
  • Search for users.
  • Receive email when signing up.
  • Follow others.
  • Like Images.

Admin Abilities

These are the behaviours/features that the application implements for use by the admin.

Admin should:

  • Sign in to the application
  • Add, Edit and Delete images
  • Delete images
  • Manage the application.

Specifications

Behaviour Input Output
Admin Authentication On demand Access Admin dashboard
User Authentication On demand, verify emails before proceeding Access Admin dashboard
Display all images with comments and likes Home page Clickable links to open any images in a modal
Display single images on modal On click All details should be viewed
To add an image Through Admin dashboard and homepage Click on add and upload respectively
To edit image Through Admin dashboard Redirected to the image form details and editing happens
To delete an image Through Admin dashboard click on image object and confirm by delete button
To search Enter text in search bar Users can search by username
View other users profiles via story menu bar Click username on user stories navigation Users can view all images posted by any user
Comment on images Add comments below respective image Users can add comments on any image
Like images Add likes to an image Users can add likes to images they like

SetUp / Installation Requirements

Prerequisites

  • python3.6
  • pip
  • virtualenv
  • Requirements.txt

Running the Application

  • Creating the virtual environment

      $ python3.6 -m venv --without-pip virtual
      $ source virtual/bin/activate
      $ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python
    
  • Installing Django and other Modules

      $ see Requirements.txt
    
  • To run the application, in your terminal:

      $ python3.6 manage.py runserver
    

Testing the Application

  • To run the tests for the class files:

      $ python3.6 manage.py test images
    

Technologies Used

  • Python3.6
  • Django framework and postgresql database

Known Bugs

  • User must add profile before uploading an image or viewing profiles
  • Multiple likes can be done on single image

License

Copyright (c) 2020 BILLO


Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub-license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.