README.md

rfid-tag-django-api

Receives tags information from the reader and stores in the database. Using Django Rest Framework.

To run the project (Windows PowerShell commands):

1. Make sure you have Python installed

…\rfid-tag-django-api> py -V
Python 3.9.6

2. Create a python virtual environment

…\rfid-tag-django-api> py -m venv env

3. Activate the virtual environment

…\rfid-tag-django-api> .\env\Scripts\Activate.ps1

4. Install the required modules from requirements.txt

(env) …\rfid-tag-django-api> pip install -r .\requirements.txt

5. Create a file named secrets.py, in the 'tagsProject' directory, for storing the Django Secret Key (and maybe other secrets later)

(env) …\rfid-tag-django-api> New-Item -Path .\tagsProject\ -Name "secrets.py" -Value "DJANGO_SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-a-random-generated-key'"

Note: make sure you have 'secrets.py' in the .gitignore file

6. Migrate and run

(env) …\rfid-tag-django-api> py .\manage.py makemigrations
(env) …\rfid-tag-django-api> py .\manage.py migrate
(env) …\rfid-tag-django-api> py .\manage.py runserver