How to set up django api

This guide assumes that, you have already completed the steps in the guide Setting Up PyENV for this Repository. If not, do it before continuing.

Step 1: Install the dependencies for the api : django, celery, redis

 pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 2: Install Redis

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S redis

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install lsb-release curl gpg
curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg
sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.redis.io/deb $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/redis.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis

Step 3: Start and Enable Redis Service

sudo systemctl start redis
sudo systemctl enable redis

Check the status to make sure Redis is running:

sudo systemctl status redis

Step 4: Navigate to django backend project directory

cd api/

Step 5: Start celery

celery -A backend worker --loglevel=info  

Step 6: Start daphne from the same venv

daphne backend.asgi:application