Installation & Setup

Pre-Requisites

1. python

2. mysql

3. git

Setup

1. create a folder named ExamCouch and clone the repository into that folder.

   git clone https://github.com/ExamCouch/examcouch-api.git
   

2. install virtualenv to create a virtual environment of any name & activate it using below commands.

   pip install virtualenv
   virtualenv [name]
   [name]\Scripts\activate
   

3. install the project dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. create, migrate the database and then create an admin account using below commands.

   python mysql_migration.py [root_user] [root_user_password] createsuperuser
                                 OR
   python mysql_migration.py [root_user] [root_user_password]
   python manage.py migrate
   python manage.py createsuperuser