# lostplaces-backend

lostplaces-backend is a django (3.x) based webproject. It once wants to become a software which allows a group of urban explorers to manage, document and share the locations of lost places while not exposing too much / any information to the public.

The software is currently in early development status, neither scope, datalmodel(s) nor features are finalized yet. Therefore we would not recommend to download or install this piece of software anywhere - except your local django dev server.

## Dependencies
Right now it depends on the following non-core Python 3 libraries. These can be installed using the package manager of your distribution or into the venv locally.

  * [django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
  * [easy-thumbnails](https://github.com/SmileyChris/easy-thumbnails) A powerful, yet easy to implement thumbnailing application for Django 1.11+
  * [image](https://github.com/francescortiz/image) Image cropping for django
  * [django-widget-tweaks](https://github.com/jazzband/django-widget-tweaks) Tweak the form field rendering in templates, not in python-level form definitions.


## Development
### Setting up a (pipenv) virtual environment for development

After having obtained the repository contents (either via .zip download or git clone), you can easily setup a pipenv virtual environment. The repo provides a Pipfile for easy dependency management that does not mess with your system.

```
$ cd lostplaces-backend
$ pipenv install 
$ pipenv shell
(lostplaces-backend) $ lostplaces/manage.py makemigrations
(lostplaces-backend) $ lostplaces/manage.py migrate
(lostplaces-backend) $ lostplaces/manage.py createsuperuser
(lostplaces-backend) $ lostplaces/manage.py runserver
```

### Returning to the venv
```
$ cd lostplaces-backend
$ pipenv shell
(lostplaces-backend) $ lostplaces/manage.py runserver
```

Visit: [admin](http://localhost:8000/admin) for administrative backend or
[frontend](http://localhost:8000/)

## Installing lostplaces

### Install dependencies
Python3, Django3, easy-thumbnails, image, django-widget-tweaks
```
pip install --user django easy-thumbnails image django-widget-tweaks
```
Or, if you use pipenv
```
pipenv install
```


### Add 'lostplaces_app' to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this

```
INSTALLED_APPS = [
	...
	'lostplaces_app',
	'easy_thumbnails',
	'widget_tweaks',
]
```

### Add this configuration to your settings.py

```
from django.urls import reverse_lazy
...
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'lostplaces_app.Explorer'

LOGIN_URL = reverse_lazy('login')

THUMBNAIL_ALIASES = {
	'': {
		'thumbnail': {'size': (300, 300), 'crop': False},
		'hero': {'size': (700, 700), 'crop': False},
		'large': {'size': (1920, 1920), 'crop': False},
	},
}
```


### Include the lostplaces URLconf in your project urls.py like this

```
from django.urls import path, include
...
urlpatterns = [
	...
	path('lostplaces/', include('lostplaces_app.urls')),
] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
```

Run ``python manage.py migrate`` to create the lost places models.

Start the development server and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/lostplaces/ to CRUD lost places.


Happy developing ;-)
