Photography Backend

Photography Backend is a RESTful API server built using the Django Rest Framework (DRF) and token-based authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). It provides endpoints for managing users, photos, and categories.

Features

• User authentication and registration using JWTs
• CRUD endpoints for managing users, photos, and categories
• Pagination and filtering options for endpoints
• Support for media files (uploaded photos)

Technologies Used

• Django
• Django Rest Framework
• MySQL
• JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)
• uWSGI and Nginx (for production deployment)

Installation and Setup

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ECarry/Photography_Backend.git

2. Install the dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a MySQL database and update the DATABASES setting in settings.py:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': '<your-database-name>',
        'USER': '<your-database-user>',
        'PASSWORD': '<your-database-password>',
        'HOST': '<your-database-host>',
        'PORT': '<your-database-port>',
    }
}

4. Run database migrations:

python manage.py migrate

5. Create a superuser account:

python manage.py createsuperuser

6. Start the development server:

python manage.py runserver

7. Access the API at http://localhost:8000/api/.

API Endpoints

Authentication

• POST /api/token/: obtain a JWT token by providing valid credentials
• POST /api/token/refresh/: refresh a JWT token

Photos

• GET /api/photos/: retrieve a list of photos
• POST /api/photos/: upload a new photo
• GET /api/photos/{id}/: retrieve a single photo by ID
• PUT /api/photos/{id}/: update a single photo by ID
• DELETE /api/photos/{id}/: delete a single photo by ID

Categories

• GET /api/category/: retrieve a list of categories
• POST /api/category/: create a new category
• GET /api/category/{id}/: retrieve a single category by ID
• PUT /api/category/{id}/: update a single category by ID
• DELETE /api/category/{id}/: delete a single category by ID

Deployment

To deploy the application in a production environment, follow these steps:

1. Install uWSGI and Nginx on your server.
2. Configure Nginx to proxy requests to the uWSGI server.
3. Update the ALLOWED_HOSTS setting in settings.py to include your server's domain name.
4. Collect static files using python manage.py collectstatic.
5. Start the uWSGI server with the following command:

uwsgi --http :8000 --module <path-to-uwsgi-config-file>

Contributing

Contributions to the project are welcome. If you find a bug or have a feature request, please create an issue on the repository. If you would like to contribute code, please create a pull request and include a detailed description of your changes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.