Running the Server Locally

Create a python3 virtual environment (3.9.6): python -m venv /path/to/make/venv
Use that virtual environment (must activate every time you open a new prompt)
- Windows: /path/to/venv/Scripts/activate
- Linux/MacOS: . /path/to/venv/bin/activate
Install requirements (If you add packages with pip, add them to requirements.txt using "pip freeze > requirements.txt"). If running on linux or mac, remove the line for Twisted from the requirements.txt file (dont commit this change)

pip install -r requirements.txt
Install PostgreSQL and set up a local database.
Create a .env file in the root directory of the repository and populate it with the following, filling in as necessary with information from your Postgres install. Set DJANGO_SECRET_KEY as anything, since it doesn't matter for local development, but if you want to generate one properly execute the python code below the example .env file:
```
DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=
DB_USER=
DB_NAME=
DB_PASS=
DB_HOST=
DB_PORT=
```

python -c 'from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())'

Apply the schema to the database: python manage.py migrate
Create a superuser account to use on your local development server: python manage.py createsuperuser
Run the server: python manage.py runserver

You can now access all the pages at localhost e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8000/search/

Docker Setup

Ensure .env is setup.

DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=(Run the command above to get this)
DB_USER=fowsim
DB_NAME=fowsim
DB_PASS=CHANGEME
DB_HOST=db
DB_PORT=5432

Run docker-compose up -d --build
Setup database running this command: docker-compose exec web python manage.py migrate --noinput
Create the superuser: docker-compose exec web python manage.py createsuperuser
Head to http://localhost:1337 to enjoy the docker setup :D

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