Social Distribution CMPUT404 Project

URL to web appilication: https://socialdistcmput404.herokuapp.com/

Admin account (Note: Is not an author, only use for adminstrative actions and for testing API):

• Username: admin
• Password: cmput404

Testing account (Use this to test the site's features):

• Username: demoTest
• Password: cmput404

API Access

Access the API with:
https://socialdistcmput404.herokuapp.com/api/ api-path

Access the API docs with:
https://socialdistcmput404.herokuapp.com/api/swagger

To gain authorization to access API:

• Consult with server admin, and get a API token
• Provide the following header in the HTTP request to API: Authorization: Token <provided Token>

Groups that we have fully connected with:

• Team 2:
  • API endpoint: https://social-distribution-media.herokuapp.com/api
  • Account on Team 2:
    • Username: johnnyappleseed
    • Password: password
• Team 17:
  • API endpoint: https://social-distribution-w23-t17.herokuapp.com/
  • Account on Team 17:
    • Username: team10on17
    • Password: cmput404
• Team 5:
  • API endpoint: https://social-t30.herokuapp.com/api/
  • Account on Team 5:
    • Username: team10
    • Password: england123
• Team 7: (Mostly connected)
  • API endpoint: https://sd-7-433-api.herokuapp.com/api/

Groups that we have partially connected with:

• Team 9:
  • API endpoint: https://ultimate-teapot.herokuapp.com
• Team 18:
  • API endpoint (Backend): https://distributed-social-net.herokuapp.com
  • Frontend app: https://social-team-18.netlify.app

Video Demo

• URL: https://youtu.be/KUv8hsb_6M8

Tech Stack Used

• Frontend:
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Django template
• Backend:
  • Django (Django Rest Framework)
• Deployment:
  • Heroku

Resources/ References Used

• Styles from Bootstrap
• OPEN API Specification generated with: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg
• Deploying to Heroku: https://sweetcode.io/deploying-your-django-web-app-to-heroku/ and https://www.codejava.net/heroku/enable-secure-connection-for-apps
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