SJSU-Library

A fictional SJSU library web app that simulates RBAC model functionalities, created with Django framework.

Project Setup

Clone and cd to the project directory

git clone https://github.com/kenneth0810/SJSU-Library.git && cd SJSU-Library

Virtual Environment

1. To create:

python3 -m venv .venv

2. To activate:

source .venv/bin/activate

3. Install all necessary packages in venv:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up Database

1. Run this command first to create necessary tables:

python3 manage.py makemigrations sjsu_library && python3 manage.py migrate

2a. The data file of trending books is already provided in sjsu_library/fixtures. Run this command to load it into the database:

python3 manage.py loaddata trending_books.json

2b. Optionally, if you would like to fetch the most recent data, run these commands first before loading the data:

python3 data/trending_books.py && cp data/trending_books.json sjsu_library/fixtures/

Running the server

python3 manage.py runserver

The server will be hosted on http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Create Admin (optional)

This is to create a user with admin privileges.

python3 manage.py createsuperuser

The admin page is accessible on http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin

Project Constraints

• Librarian account credentials are predetermined and hard-coded into the project (email: librarian@sjsu.edu, ID: 123456789) . Do not use those credentials when creating an admin account so that the librarian account can be created and used for the project.