Social Media Backend with FastAPI

This repository contains the backend implementation for a social media application using FastAPI. The backend provides endpoints for user authentication, posting, commenting, and other social media functionalities.

Features

• User Authentication (Signup, Login)
• Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) operations for posts
• Like and Unlike posts
• JWT token-based authentication

Technologies Used

• FastAPI: A modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.7+ based on standard Python type hints.
• SQLAlchemy: SQL toolkit and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) library for Python.
• PostgreSQL: A powerful, open source object-relational database system.
• JWT: JSON Web Tokens for secure user authentication.

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Vishak-V/Social-Media-Backend-FastAPI.git
   cd Social-Media-Backend-FastAPI

2. Create and Activate a Virtual Environment

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

3. Install Dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up the PostgreSQL database

   Create a PostgreSQL database and update the DATABASE_URL in the config.py file with your database credentials.

5. Start the FastAPI server

   uvicorn main:app --reload

   The server will be available at http://127.0.0.1:8000