StackOverflow-lite

This is a python version of StackOverflow. A platform for questions and answers.It allows users to post questions and answers respectively.Users can also read different questions and their answers.

Getting started

The following instructions will help you setup and run the application on your machine.

Prerequisites

You will need the following:

• Internet
• GIT
• IDE(preferrably Visual Studio Code)
• Postman
• PostgreSQL

Project Links.

API endpoints: The link to the API-feat branch with the code: (https://github.com/billkabanga/StackOverflow_Lite/tree/API-feature)

Project Functionality.

• User can create an sign-up and Login.
• User can search for questions.
• User can post a question.
• User can post an answer to a question.
• User can delete his/her question

Getting the application on the local machine.

Clone the remote repository to you local machine using the following command: https://github.com/billkabanga/StackOverflow_Lite.git

You can now access the project on your local machine by pointing to the local repository using cd and code . if using Visual Studio code. Create a virtual environment in the local repository using the following code: python -3 -m venv env Activate the virtual environment: env/Scripts/Activate.bat

Installing dependencies.

To install all the required extensions for project, use the following command: pip install -r requirements.txt Run the psql command interface and create two databases apptest_db and StackOverflow-lite using the CREATE DATABASE {database name} command. Application should now be up and ready to test.

Running tests:

Testing the API endpoints. Run the run.py file using the py run.py command and test the endpoints in Postman as shown below:

url/endpoint	Verb	Action	Parameters
/api/v1/auth/signup	POST	User gets registered	username,email,password
/api/v1/auth/login	POST	User login	username,password
/api/v1/questions	GET	fetch all questions	-
/api/v1/questions/int:qnId	GET	fetch specific question
/api/v1/questions	POST	post a question	question
/api/v1/questions/int:qnId/answers	POST	answer specific question	answer
/api/v1/questions/int:qnId	DELETE	delete a question

Running the unit tests To run the unit tests use the following command pytest

Built with:

API endpoints

• Python 3
• Flask
• Flask-restful
• PostgreSQL

Author:

Author of this project-Twinomuhwezi Kabanga Bill, a young aspiring software developer utilising each day as one to learn and provide solutions to world problems.