Excel Mec REST api

Steps for setting up the backend REST api

1. Install mysql server

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

2. Create a user in mysql. How to create a new user on mysql and grant access.

3. Install linux dependencies.

sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb libmysqlclient-dev python-dev

4. Go the to the directory excel_2019_django_cms/excel_2019_django_cms and duplicate the file secret.py.example with the name secret.py and give configurations there.
5. Create and activate a virtual environment

virtualenv -p python3 env
source env/bin/activate

5. Install python dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Make migrations

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

7. Run the server

python manage.py runserver

Docs

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/

https://www.django-rest-framework.org/

https://www.sslforfree.com/

https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2016/10/14/how-to-deploy-to-digital-ocean.html