horowest/ig_clone

An Instagram clone written in python with flask.

Ig_clone

An instagram like clone built with python and flask.

Features

• Upload images with captions and option to delete posts.
• Comment on posts and option to delete them
• Like/unlike posts
• Follow/unfollow users
• Feed consists of posts from users you follow
• Explore page shows posts from all users
• Notifications on activities on your posts.
• Change profile pic and username
• Suggestions to follow users

Features to add

• Tag feature
• Search option for users and tags
• Display followers/following (on profile)

Running Locally

Follow these instructions to get this project up and running on your machine.

Prerequisites

1. Postgresql database
2. AWS S3 bucket

Installing

git clone https://github.com/horowest/ig_clone
cd ig_clone
pip install -r requirements.txt

Set environments for the following:

DATABASEURL=postgresql://<host><:port>/<database_name>
S3_BUCKET=<bucket_name>
S3_ACCESS_KEY=<access_key>
S3_SECRET_KEY=<secret_key>

Set debug=1 on main.py

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