https://github.com/george-mountain/newsportal-restful-api
The NewsPortal API is a powerful and flexible Django REST Framework application designed to serve as the backend for a news portal. With its comprehensive set of features, it provides an efficient and scalable solution for managing news articles, and user authentication. This API allows you to seamlessly create, retrieve, update, and delete news.
https://github.com/george-mountain/newsportal-restful-api
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The NewsPortal API is a powerful and flexible Django REST Framework application designed to serve as the backend for a news portal. With its comprehensive set of features, it provides an efficient and scalable solution for managing news articles, and user authentication. This API allows you to seamlessly create, retrieve, update, and delete news.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/george-mountain/newsportal-restful-api
- Owner: george-mountain
- Created: 2023-05-26T07:00:18.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-06-01T08:38:10.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-21T06:11:33.118Z (9 months ago)
- Language: Python
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- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# NewsPortal API
The NewsPortal API is a RESTful web application developed using the Django REST Framework. This project serves as the backend for a news portal application, providing a comprehensive set of endpoints to manage news articles, categories, and user authentication.
## Features
**News Articles**: Create, retrieve, update, and delete news articles. Each article can have a title, content, category, author, publication date, and tags.
**User Authentication**: Register new users, authenticate existing users, and provide access to protected endpoints through token-based authentication.
**Search and Filtering:** Utilize search and filtering capabilities to retrieve articles based on various criteria such as category, author, publication date, and tags.
**Pagination:** Handle large datasets efficiently by implementing pagination to retrieve articles in manageable chunks.
**User Permissions**: Implement granular user permissions to control access and actions on articles based on user roles, such as administrators, authors, and regular users.
**Validation and Error Handling**: Implement robust validation and error handling to ensure data integrity and provide meaningful error messages to clients.
## Installation and Setup
To set up the NewsPortal API on your local development environment, follow these steps:
**1. Clone the repository from GitHub.
2. Create and activate a virtual environment.
3. Install the required dependencies using pip.
4. Set up the database and run migrations.
5. Start the development server.**
Detailed instructions and additional configuration options can be found in the project's documentation.
## Usage and API Documentation
The NewsPortal API provides a comprehensive set of endpoints to interact with the application. Detailed documentation on the available endpoints, request/response formats, and authentication mechanisms can be found in the API documentation.
The API documentation outlines the various API endpoints, their parameters, and the expected responses. It also provides examples and guidelines on how to consume the API using tools like cURL, Postman, or any programming language of your choice.