Visual Gallery App

A Django gallery app to upload images, tag them, search by text, filter by tags, open a detail page with similar images, and manage content (edit/delete).

Tech Stack

• Python 3.13
• Django 6
• SQLite (default)

Project Structure

• manage.py: Django entrypoint
• imgs/: Django project settings/urls
• gallery/: Main app (models, views, templates, static, fixtures)
• media/: Uploaded files served in development
• sample_images/: Local sample source images (renamed from img/)

Run Locally

1. Create and activate a virtual environment (if needed), then install dependencies:

python -m venv env
.\env\Scripts\Activate.ps1
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Apply migrations:

python manage.py migrate

3. Start the development server:

python manage.py runserver

4. Open:

• Home: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
• Upload: http://127.0.0.1:8000/upload/

Load Dummy Data (Fixtures)

This repository includes:

• Fixture file: gallery/fixtures/initial_data.json
• Source sample images: sample_images/
• Served media copies used by fixture: media/sample_images/

Load dummy data:

python manage.py loaddata gallery/fixtures/initial_data.json

The fixture references real files from sample_images by filename (served from media/sample_images/ in development).

Important

If your current database already has rows with the same primary keys, loaddata can fail.

For a clean reset:

Remove-Item db.sqlite3
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py loaddata gallery/fixtures/initial_data.json

Then run:

python manage.py runserver

Notes

• Drag and drop is supported in the upload view.
• Gallery images are draggable to other browser areas/apps (URL drag payload).