tech_trends direct cmds

• python manage.py runserver 

• redis-server

• celery -A tech_trends beat --loglevel=info

• celery -A tech_trends worker --pool=solo -l info

Tech Trends API

This project is a Django-based API for scraping and updating tech news trends. It uses Celery for asynchronous task management, Redis as a message broker, and a custom scraper to fetch the latest tech news.

Features

• Tech News Scraping: Automatically fetches and updates the latest tech news trends.
• Celery Integration: Handles asynchronous tasks for updating trends every 5 minutes.
• Redis: Used as a message broker for Celery tasks.
• Django REST Framework: Provides endpoints to access the latest tech trends.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python
• Redis
• Django

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/kushal1o1/tech_trends.git
    cd tech_trends

2. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

    python -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Setup Redis:

   • Ensure Redis is installed and running on localhost:6379.
   • If Redis is not installed, follow the installation guide here.

5. Configure Django settings:

   • In tech_trends/settings.py, set your database configurations and any other necessary settings.
   • Ensure the following Celery settings are configured:

    CELERY_BROKER_URL = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
    CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ['json']
    CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
    CELERY_TIMEZONE = 'UTC'

6. Run migrations:

    python manage.py migrate

7. Start the development server:

    python manage.py runserver

8. Run Celery worker and beat:

   Open two separate terminal windows and run the following commands:

   Celery Worker:

    celery -A tech_trends worker --pool=solo -l info

Celery Beat:

    celery -A tech_trends beat --loglevel=info

Usage

• The API will automatically fetch and update the latest tech trends every 5 minutes.
• Access the latest trends through the provided endpoints.

Endpoints

• GET /api/trends/ - Fetch the latest tech trends.

Contributing

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests if you'd like to contribute to this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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Author: Kushal Baral