Django Social Media Project

Overview

This Django project serves as a comprehensive social media platform, encompassing features such as user authentication, content creation, direct messaging, and user activity tracking.

Apps

1. Accounts

The accounts app manages user profiles, authentication, and the relationship between users such as followers and following.

-Models: -Profile: Represents user profiles with additional information like bio and profile picture. -Follow: Tracks the follower-following relationship between users.

-Views: -SignUpView: Allows users to sign up for the platform. -LoginView: Handles user authentication and provides JWT tokens. -ProfileUpdateView: Enables users to update their profile information.

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2. Content

The content app handles the creation and interaction with various types of content, including posts, likes, tags, stories, and more.

-Models: -Post: Represents user posts with titles, captions, and associated media. -Like: Tracks user likes on posts. -Tag: Captures user tags on posts.

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-Views: -PostViewSet: Manages CRUD operations for user posts. -AddTagView, RemoveTagView: Add and remove tags from posts. -AddLikeView, RemoveLikeView: Add and remove likes from posts.

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3. Direct

The direct app facilitates direct messaging between users.

-Models: -Message: Represents messages between users. -Image, Video, Audio: Media attachments for messages.

-Views: -SendMessageAPIView: Allows users to send messages to each other. -UserMessagesAPIView: Retrieves messages between the authenticated user and a specific user. -AllUserMessagesAPIView: Retrieves all messages involving the authenticated user.

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4. User Activity

The user_activity app manages user interactions, such as comments on posts.

-Models: -Comment: Represents user comments on posts.

-Views: -CommentListCreateView: Lists and creates comments on posts. -CommentDetailView: Retrieves, updates, and deletes individual comments.

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5. Logger

The logger app includes middleware for logging requests and responses.

-Middleware: -LoggingMiddleware: Logs information about requests and responses.

Installation

To set up and run the project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Install the required dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt.
3. Apply migrations: python manage.py migrate.
4. Run the development server: python manage.py runserver.

Logging Middleware

The logger app provides middleware for logging requests and responses. It captures information such as the path, method, status code, user, and elapsed time.

Directory Structure

/project-root |-- accounts |-- content |-- direct |-- user_activity |-- logger |-- landing_page |-- media |-- static |-- templates |-- manage.py |-- requirements.txt |-- README.md |-- ...other project files

Django Rest Framework

This project is built on top of Django Rest Framework (DRF), a powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs in Django. DRF provides a rich set of features, including serialization, authentication, and viewsets, making it an ideal choice for developing API-based applications.

For more information about Django Rest Framework, visit DRF Documentation.