alvynah / instagram-clone

This is a Django web application. It is a clone of the instagram website. A user can upload images, follow and unfollow other users, like and unlike posts and visit their profiles as well as other users.The user can also search for a specific user.

Instagram Clone

Author

Alvynah Wabwoba

Description

This is a Django web application. It is a clone of the instagram website. A user can upload images, follow and unfollow other users, like and unlike posts and visit their profiles as well as other users.The user can also search for a specific user.

Screenshot

1. Log in and Sign up page

   

   

2. Landing page

   

   

3. Search by user

   

4. Profiles

   • Own profile

   

   • Other users Profile

   

5. Add Comment

   

Live Link

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User Story

1. Sign in to the application to start using.
2. Upload my pictures to the application.
3. See my profile with all my pictures.
4. Follow other users and see their pictures on my timeline.
5. Like a picture and leave a comment on it.

Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)

1. Sign up to the application

Behaviour	Input	Output
Click on sign up under login form	username,password,email	user account and profile is created

2. log into the application

Behaviour	Input	Output
Enter details in the log in form	username, password	Landing page is loaded is login is successful else an error message is shown

3. See profiles

Behaviour	Input	Output
For user profile, click on the profile icon on navbar,or click on other users username	Username	User is redirected to the profile pages

4. Follow and unfollow other users

Behaviour	Input	Output
Click on button follow on their profiles	follow status	Increase number of followers by 1

5. Like and unlike a post

Behaviour	Input	Output
Click on like icon on a post	like status	Increase number of likes by 1 else reduces the number of likes by 1

6. Comment on post

Behaviour	Input	Output
Click on icon comment on the posts	comment	The added comment is displayed

Setup/Installation Requirements

Getting the code

1. clone repository https://github.com/alvynah/instagram-clone.git

2. Move to the folder and install requirements cd instagram-clone pip install -r requirements.txt

Database

1. Set up Database,and put your username and password in the code

2. Make migrations python3 manage.py makemigrations picture

3. Migrate python3 manage.py migrate

Running the Application

1. Run main apllication

   • python3 manage.py runserver

2. Run tests

   • python3.6 manage.py test picture

Technologies Used

• Python3.6
• Django 3.2
• Bootstrap
• PostgreSQL
• CSS
• Heroku

Contact Information

For any further inquiries or contributions or comments, reach me at Alvynah

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Alvynah Wabwoba