pusher django photo feed

A real-time photo feed using Django and Pusher

Description

In this tutorial, learn how you can build a basic Instagram photo feed that updates in realtime using Pusher, Django and jQuery.

Programming language: Python

Tags: Django     WebSocket     Internet     Dynamic Content    

README

BUILD A PHOTO FEED USING DJANGO

Here, we will learn about building a photo feed using Django. This is similar to instagram, but a stripped off version without the comments and like feature. The full tutorial can be found here : https://pusher.com/tutorials/photo-feed-django/

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

• Clone this repository by running: git clone https://github.com/samuelayo/pusher_django_photo_feed.git
• Change directory to the cloned repo cd pusher_django_photo_feed
• Install required libraries: i.e pusher and django pip install django pusher

Prerequisites

Setup Pusher

• Replace the XXX_APP_ID, XXX_APP_KEY, XXX_APP_SECRET and XXX_APP_CLUSTER with your own keys you obtained when you created an app on Pusher in the line below in your photofeed\views.py file. If you dont have a Pusher account, sign up here Pusher(app_id=u'XXX_APP_ID', key=u'XXX_APP_KEY', secret=u'XXX_APP_SECRET', cluster=u'XXX_APP_CLUSTER')
• Replace the XXX_APP_KEY and XXX_APP_CLUSTER with your app key and cluster respectively in the feed\templates\index.html file.

Database Migrations

• Run the following command at the root of your application to make the migrations needed for the database

 python manage.py makemigrations

• Run this command to migrate the database

  python manage.py migrate

And finally, start the application:

python manage.py runserver.

and visit http://localhost:8000/ to see the application in action.

Built With

• Pusher - APIs to enable devs building realtime features
• DJango - The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
• Jquery - The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library