aiVLE: AI Virtual Learning Environment

This repository is for aiVLE backend (a REST API server). For frontend, please refer to aiVLE FE.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.7
• Django
• Additional requirements listed in requirements.txt

Setup

1. Install the requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Create your secret key and store it in .env as

SECRET_KEY=<redacted>
BROKER_URI=<redacted>
FRONTEND_URL=<redacted>
EMAIL_HOST_USER=<redacted>
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=<redacted>
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=<redacted>

3. Create the /logs directory in the same level as manage.py//app

4. Migrate and create the superuser

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

5. Run server

python manage.py runserver

6. In Django admin panel, add the email address for the superuser and set it as primary and verified. (In localhost:8000/admin, after logging in, click on "Email addresses", add an email address for your superuser, and check both checkboxes below.)

7. In Django admin panel, create a new queue with name "default" and public=True without a course.