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Nutrition and Blog Application

This project is a Django-based web application that provides users with nutrition information based on their queries and displays blog posts fetched from an external API. The application includes user authentication, a contact form, and basic CRUD functionality

Features

  • Home Page: Users can enter a query to get nutrition information using the API Ninjas Nutrition API.
  • Blog Page: Displays blog posts fetched from the JSONPlaceholder API.
  • Contact Page: Users can submit their contact information and messages.
  • User Registration: Users can create an account.
  • User Login/Logout: Users can log in and log out.

Setup and Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.x
  • Django 3.x or later
  • Requests library

Installation on Windows

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/Abhi19990628/-Food-Calorie-Counter-using-Django-Python-and-an-external-API.-

  2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

    pip install virtualenv
virtualenv name your env (my_env) 
cd\my_env\scripts\ ./actiavte

  3. Install the required packages:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

  4. Run migrations:

    python manage.py migrate

  5. Create a superuser:

    python manage.py createsuperuser

  6. Run the development server:

    python manage.py runserver

  7. Open your browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:8000.

Configuration

  • API Keys: Update the home view to use your own API key for the API Ninjas Nutrition API.

Project Structure

health-app/ ├── health_guide/ │ ├── init.py │ ├── admin.py │ ├── apps.py │ ├── models.py │ ├── views.py │ ├── urls.py │ └── templates/ │ ├── home.html │ ├── blog.html │ ├── contact.html │ └── main/ | ├── register.html │ └── login.html ├── health_app/ │ ├── init.py │ ├── settings.py │ ├── urls.py │ └── wsgi.py ├── manage.py ├── db.sqlite3 ├── requirements.txt └── .gitignore

Views

Home View

Handles the nutrition query and displays the results.

Blog View

Fetches and displays blog posts from the JSONPlaceholder API.

Contact View

Handles contact form submissions and stores the data in the database.

Register View

Allows users to register a new account.

Login View

Allows users to log in.

Logout View

Logs out the user.

Templates

  • home.html: Form to submit a nutrition query and display results.
  • blog.html: Displays a list of blog posts.
  • contact.html: Form to submit contact information.
  • main/register.html: Registration form.
  • main/login.html: Login form.

Models

ContactMessage

Stores contact form submissions.

Forms

UserCreationForm

Standard Django form for user registration.

AuthenticationForm

Standard Django form for user authentication.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

Contact

For any inquiries or questions, please contact [[email protected]].