README.md

Django DRF Elasticsearch

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1. Fork/Clone

2. Install Elasticsearch if you haven't already and make sure it is running on port 9200. Make sure to update the ELASTICSEARCH_DSL config in core/settings.py.

3. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   $ python3.12 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate

4. Install the requirements:

   (venv)$ pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Apply the migrations:

   (venv)$ python manage.py migrate

6. Populate the database with some test data by running the following command:

   (venv)$ python manage.py populate_db

7. Create and populate the Elasticsearch index and mapping:

   (venv)$ python manage.py search_index --rebuild

8. Run the server

   (venv)$ python manage.py runserver

9. Test Elasticsearch with the following queries:

   • http://127.0.0.1:8000/search/user/mike/ - should find the user 'mike13'
   • http://127.0.0.1:8000/search/user/jess_/ - should find the user 'jess_'
   • http://127.0.0.1:8000/search/category/seo/ - should find the category 'SEO optimization'
   • http://127.0.0.1:8000/search/category/progreming/ - should find the category 'Programming' (:warning: notice the typo)
   • http://127.0.0.1:8000/search/article/linux/ - should find the article 'Installing the latest version of Ubuntu'
   • http://127.0.0.1:8000/search/article/java/ - should find the article 'Which programming language is the best?'