Online Learning Platform Backend

Description

This project is a backend system for an online learning platform developed using Django REST Framework (DRF) and PostgreSQL. The project has been dockerized for easy deployment.

API ENDPOINTS

Course

• GET /courses: Retrieves a list of available courses.

• GET /courses/id: Retrieves a specific course by its ID.

• POST /courses: Create a new course.

Enrollment

• POST /enrollments: Allows students to enroll in a course.

Getting Started

To set up and run the project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the project.

git clone https://github.com/kaziiriad/django_ols.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd django_ols

3. Modify the env.example to .env and add API credentials:

4. Build and run the Docker containers:

docker-compose up --build

5. Access the API endpoints through the appropriate URLs:

• Course API: http://localhost:8000/api/courses
• Enrollment API: http://localhost:8000/api/enrollments

Dependencies

• Django
• Django REST Framework
• PostgreSQL
• Docker

Usage

• Retrieve a list of courses: Send a GET request to /courses.
• Retrieves a filtered list of available courses using properties like instructor, price or duration: GET /courses/?{query_params}
• Retrieve a specific course by ID: Send a GET request to /courses/id, replacing id with the ID of the course.
• Create a new course: Send a POST request to /courses with the required course details in the request body.
• Enroll in a course: Send a POST request to /enrollments with the necessary enrollment information in the request body.

Testing

Testing has been conducted to ensure the expected behavior of the backend system. You can run the tests using the following command:

1. Start the database

docker compose -d up db

2. Run the test

python manage.py test

Contributors

• Sultan Mahmud

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.