GeneralGuide.md

Create django project

Virtual Environment

    virtualenv -v env

Install packages

    pip3 install django # for django
    pip3 instal djangorestframework # for REST api

Create Project

    django-admin startproject <project name>

Create app

    python3 manage.py startapp <app name>

Note: Use manage.py although you can use django-admin to startapp (still use manage.py as that way you will not make a mistake to first create project than app)

Update settings.py

Add name of app(shell) and rest_framework to INSTALLED_APPS in the root(project directory)

Models for app

Next step is to make model for the app in models.py inside the app we just created using startapp After making the models we should make migrations and migrate

python3 manage.py makemigrations

python3 manage.py migrate

Serializer for the model

Create serializers.py in the app directory and add a serializer model using ModelSerializer

Views for models

In views.py use rest_framework.generics APIviews to create view for the api

URL for the app

Create file urls.py in shell app

take reference from urls.py in the project directory to make the urls.py in the app

Link app urls with project urls

include app urls in api route of project

Rest-auth

Setup of restauth is very simple, follow the second link below

Setting up cors for connection with react js

[https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-connect-django-with-reactjs/]

Run server

python3 manage.py runserver

Some Useful links:

• https://www.section.io/engineering-education/django-crud-api/
• https://wsvincent.com/django-rest-framework-authentication-tutorial/#:~:text=Navigate%20to%20http%3A%2F%2F127.0,emplates%20to%20display%20our%20content.
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29524826/how-to-get-authenticated-user-on-serializer-class-for-validation
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-connect-django-with-reactjs/