django_blog

PyBlog - Blog application built using Django

Try Out The App : https://py-blogg.herokuapp.com/

Note: After opening the application using the above link, some profile images may not be visible, since it is deployed on Heroku and static files storage is not provided there. But will work if a new user is registered and a new profile image is uploaded.

Features of the application:-

• Able to view the post from every user on the home page.
• User registration
• User login
• User logout
• User profile
• User profile update
• User password reset using email
• New post creation
• Update and Delete posts
• Posts list Pagination
• Routes restrictions using decorators and mixins
• Check specific user's posts and its count
• About section
• Admin panel

Steps to run the application:- Assumption python 3 is installed properly

1. Clone this repository.
2. Open the folder created and open cmd in it.
3. Install virtual environment by pip install virtualenv
4. Create a virtual environment by virtualenv venv
5. Activate the virtual environment by venv\Scripts\activate
6. Install all the packages from requirments.txt file by pip install -r requirements.txt
7. Now create some User Environment Variables with names like.
   • EMAIL_USER (set value to an gmail email address from which password reset mail will be sent).
   • EMAIL_PASS (set value to the password of above email id)
   • DEBUG_VALUE(set value True for testing)
   • SECRET_KEY(set value to a newly generated secret key using secrets module in python using token_hex(24))
   • Make sure that email address should be of Gmail only for sending passsword reset email and "Login using less secure apps" function is enabled in the email id.
8. Make migrations by python manage.py migrate
9. Create a superuser to admin testing by python manage.py createsuperuser and enter the details asked.
10. Then run the server by python manage.py runserver

Testing of Features:-

• Click on Register on the home page to create a new account.
• Enter valid Username, Email, Password (Enter correct email to check password reset functionality)
• Click Sign Up, will be redirected to Log In page.
• Login using the Username and Password created.
• Click on Profile to view and edit user profile and can update profile image also.
• User Profile URL can be accessed only when a user is Logged In otherwise redirected to the Login page.
• Click on New to create new posts.
• Fill in the Title and Content and click Post.
• Will be redirected to the post edit page having Update and Delete buttons.
• Click on Home to view the created post.
• Click on the post again and click on Update to update the and click Post post the changes made.
• Click on Home, click the Post created and click Delete, posts will be deleted.
• User can only Update and Delete post when logged in and that too only posts, posted by him.
• Add more posts (more than 5) to see the implementation of Pagination. In the bottom of home page Previous, Next and Numbered buttons will appear.
• Click on the Username of any post, it will show the post from that user only and its count.
• Click on Logout to logout from the application.
• Click on Login Again and click Forgot Password.
• Enter the email id of the registered user and click Request Password Reset. An email will be sent to the entered email id with the password reset link, click on the link and enter a new password and test the new password.