Blogging AI

An AI-assisted blog creation platform, allowing you to create enhanced blogs with the help of AI.

An AI-assisted blog creation platform, allowing you to create enhanced blogs with the help of AI.

Technologies/Languages

• React JS
• Django Rest Framework
• SQLite

Requirements

• Python 3.10 + (Installation guide)
• OpenAI API key (API key page) (requires an OpenAI account)
• Gemini API key (API key page) (requires a Google account)

Usage Instructions

To run the application you need to follow all the steps.
Once complete, register/sign up on the app, then start creating Blogs.

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/SamuelNduw/Blogging.git
cd Blogging

Database

A SQLite database will be autogenerated by Django upon backend setup.

Environment Variables

In the root directory (./blogging)

• Create a file called .env
• Copy everything from .env.example
• Paste the copied elements into the .env file
• Change the values in the .env file to your configurations

Backend

Step 1: Navigate to the backend directory

cd backend

Step 2: Create a virtual environment (in the same directory)

python -m venv virt

Step 3: Activate your virtual environment

• Windows
  .\virt\Scripts\activate
• Linux/macOS
  source virt/bin/activate

Step 4: Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt\

Step 5: Make Migrations (in the same directory ./blogging/backend)

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Step 6: Run the development server

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
This exposes it to your local network. Later allowing you to test the application on different devices during development.

Frontend

Step 1: Navigate to the directory

cd frontend/my-blog

Step 2: Install dependencies

npm install

Step 3: Run the server

npm run dev