Danapi

A collection of free open source APIs that just work.

Installation & Deployment Guide

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Danscot/Danapi
cd Danapi

Setup Virtual Environment

python3 -m venv env
source ./env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configure Environment Variables

Create a .env file:

nano .env

Example content:

DEBUG=True
SECRET_KEY='your_secret_key'
EMAIL_HOST='smtp.example.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER='your_email@example.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD='your_email_password'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL='your_email@example.com'
YOUTUBE_API='your_youtube_api_key'

Collect Static Files

mkdir static
python3 manage.py collectstatic

Update Django Settings

Edit allowed hosts in ./Danapi/settings.py:

ALLOWED_HOSTS= ['yourdomain.com', 'www.yourdomain.com']

Configure Gunicorn Service

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/danapi.service

Paste:

[Unit]Description=Gunicorn for Danapi
After=network.target
[Service]User=www-data
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/Danapi
Environment="PATH=/home/ubuntu/Danapi/env/bin"RuntimeDirectory=danapi
RuntimeDirectoryMode=755
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/Danapi/env/bin/gunicorn \
--workers 3 \
--bind unix:/run/danapi/danapi.sock \
Danapi.wsgi:application
[Install]WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload and start service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart danapi
sudo systemctl status danapi

Configure Nginx

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/danapi

Example config:

server{listen80;server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;location /static/ {alias /home/ubuntu/Danapi/staticfiles/;}location / {proxy_passhttp://unix:/run/danapi/danapi.sock;proxy_set_header Host $host;proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;}}

Enable site and reload Nginx:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/danapi /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx

Enable HTTPS

sudo certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com -d www.yourdomain.com

Notes

• Replace /home/ubuntu with the correct path based on your system.
• This guide assumes a VPS running Ubuntu with Nginx and systemd.
• Make sure all paths and domain names match your server configuration.