A fully functional RESTful Inventory Management System built using Django REST Framework, offering secure product management, JWT-based authentication, Algolia-powered search, and a simple JavaScript-based client frontend.
✅ Full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations for managing products
✅ JWT Authentication for secure login and protected endpoints
✅ Algolia integration for lightning-fast and scalable product search
✅ Modular backend structure for better scalability and maintainability
✅ JavaScript-based client to interact with API endpoints
✅ Custom session management and request handling to track user interactions
- Backend: Django • Django REST Framework
- Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token)
- Search Engine: Algolia
- Frontend: Vanilla JavaScript (Client App)
- Others: Django Sessions, Custom Middleware
git clone https://github.com/dehydrated-bear/dj-rest-ap.git cd dj-rest-ap
###2. Create a virtual environment & install dependencies:
python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # or venv\Scripts\activate on Windows pip install -r requirements.txt
- Setup Algolia keys: Create a .env file and add:
ALGOLIA_APP_ID=your_app_id ALGOLIA_API_KEY=your_admin_key ALGOLIA_INDEX_NAME=products 4. Run the server python manage.py runserver