Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django

Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django

Skills

Python

Django

djangorestframework

Aws

Git

Use the below Git commands in the Windows Command Prompt or macOS Terminal.

Configure default email and name

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Initialise a new Git repository

git init

Commit changes to Git

git add .
git commit -am "Commit message"

Set Git remote

git remote add origin 
   
    
git push -u origin master

   

Push changes to GitHub

git push origin

SSH Key Management

The below commands are used to manage SSH keys on your local development machine.

Checking for existing SSH key

ls ~/.ssh/

Print contents of public key

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Generate new SSH key on your local machine

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "EMAIL ADDRESS"

Django Management Commands

Create new Django project

django-admin.py startproject profiles_project  .

Create new Django app

python manage.py startapp profiles_api

Start Django development server

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Create database migrations file

python manage.py makemigrations

Run migrations

python manage.py migrate

Create new superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

AWS Public IPv4 DNS

ec2-3-38-151-241.ap-northeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com/api