README.md

accuknox_Backend

installation steps

• docker-compose build
• docker-compose up

Architecture

1. request's -> response is made common for all drf Response in file accuknox/utils.py

2. JWT Auth

   installed djangorestframework-simplejwt library Config is

   SIMPLE_JWT = {
       'ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(minutes=5),
       'REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(days=1),
       'ROTATE_REFRESH_TOKENS': True,  # Optional: Rotate refresh tokens
       'BLACKLIST_AFTER_ROTATION': True,  # Optional: Blacklist old refresh tokens
   }
   

3. Rate Limiting

   "DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES": {"user": "3/min", "connections.request": "3/min"},

4. RBAC

   Created 3 groups using fixtures in /accounts/fixtures/group.json On Signup role [1,2,3] is taken to decide whether read/write or Admin access is given (default is Admin) Created Custom DRF permission to test if Read (only GET), Wite(GET, PATCH,PUT), Admin(No restriction)

       if method in ["post", "put", "patch"] and pk in [1, 2]:
           return True
       if method == "delete" and pk == 1:
           return True
       if method == "get":
           return True
       return False
   

5. Paginator using from django.core.paginator import Paginator

6. Searching is done on name and email, both of them are indexed

7. Caching is implemented using from django.core.cache import cache

   cache_key = f"friend_list_{request.user.id}"
   cached_data = cache.get(cache_key)
   if cached_data is not None:
       return custom_success_response(cached_data)
   

8. Atomic Transaction using from django.db import transaction used -> with transaction.atomic()

9. Connection Log Model to store log for each request type ```["send","accept","reject"."blocled"]