kaush.me (old) backend

Open-sourcing the backend of my old portfolio/blog site since it's not in production anymore.

Features:

• Done in Python-Django with the help of Django Rest Framework.
• Fully functional REST API with JWT support for Authentication and Authorisation.
• File-system based route caching to minimise calls to the database. Customizable cache timeout.
• Inbuilt Django admin panel with a custom installable and customizable theme.
• Google ReCaptcha v2 for admin login page for added security against bots.
• Admin page honeypot to log access attempts to the database. Capture credentials and IP addresses.
• Route based rate limiting for protection against DOS-based attacks.
• User region tracking built into the Django admin panel.
• Custom error-not-found route.

To run:

• Clone this repo.
• Create a python virtual environment, and install dependencies in requirements.txt.

pip install -r requirements.txt

• Make a file called config.json in the server/ dir and add in required API keys and secret keys. Follow the JSON structure given in server/config_sample.json.
• Run database migrations and create a superuser.

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

• Now run the server

python manage.py runserver

Your server should be running on port 8000. Visit localhost:8000 on your system to see. (Visit the routes present in the api/urls.py. You can make your own routes too.)