This project demonstrates the implementation of a Library Management System using Django, incorporating soft delete functionality through the django-safedelete package. It includes multiple models, a Django REST Framework (DRF) API, and basic CRUD operations.

• library_project: Django project directory.
• library: Django app containing models, views, serializers, and URLs.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/MehediMK/django-safedelete.git
   cd library_project

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   # Create virtual environment
    python3 -m venv venv
   
    # Activate virtual environment (Linux/Mac)
    source venv/bin/activate
   
    # Activate virtual environment (Windows)
    venv\Scripts\activate
   

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Apply database migrations:

   python manage.py migrate

5. Create a superuser:

   python manage.py createsuperuser

6. Run the development server:

   python manage.py runserver

7. To load dummy data which was existing in fixtures directory

 python manage.py loaddata authors.json
 python manage.py loaddata books.json

8. Access the Django admin interface at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ to add authors and books.

To run the project using Docker, follow these steps:

1. Make sure Docker is installed on your system. If not, you can download and install Docker from here.

2. Build the Docker image and start the container:

   docker-compose up --build

3. Access the Django project at http://localhost:8000.

• Soft Delete: Utilizes django-safedelete to implement soft delete functionality, allowing records to be marked as deleted without physically removing them from the database.
• RESTful API: Provides CRUD operations for authors and books through a DRF API.
• Admin Interface: Allows easy management of library data through the Django admin interface.
• Fixture Data: Included fixture files provide sample data for authors and books to quickly populate the database.

1. Create superuser: python manage.py createsuperuser
2. Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/
3. Log in with superuser credentials.
4. Add authors and books through the admin interface.

• Authors: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/authors/
• Books: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/books/

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