Code to go with StackAbuse article on using Django with Celery and Redis

1. install Redis as described in blog post

2. clone repo

git clone https://github.com/amcquistan/image_parroter.git
cd image_parroter

3. make virtual env and activate it

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

4. install python requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. start redis-server in its own terminal window

redis-server

6. start celery worker in its own terminal window with the python virtual env from step 3 activated and in the same directory as the manage.py script

(venv) celery worker -A image_parroter --loglevel=info

7. start django dev server, again in its own terminal window with the python virtual env from step 3 activated and in the same directory as the manage.py script

(venv) python manage.py runserver

Once these are complete you should be able to point your browser to http://localhost:8000 and see the Thumbnailer application