Deal Radar – Setup Guide

This guide will help you set up Deal Radar on your local machine and deploy it to Heroku.

Prerequisites

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/deal-radar.git
cd deal-radar

Create and activate a virtual environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

Install dependencies
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Set up environment variables
- Copy .env.example to .env
- Fill in your Stripe, Cloudinary, and other keys
Apply migrations
```
python manage.py migrate
```
Create a superuser (admin)
```
python manage.py createsuperuser
```
Run the development server
```
python manage.py runserver
```
Access the app
- Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser

Login to Heroku
```
heroku login
```
Create a new Heroku app
```
heroku create your-app-name
```
Set up Heroku Postgres (recommended for production)
```
heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev
```
Set environment variables on Heroku
- You can set each variable using:
```
heroku config:set KEY=your_value
```
- Set all required variables (SECRET_KEY, DEBUG, STRIPE keys, CLOUDINARY_URL, etc.)
Push your code to Heroku
```
git push heroku main
```
(or git push heroku master if your default branch is master)
Run migrations on Heroku
```
heroku run python manage.py migrate
```

Create a superuser on Heroku

heroku run python manage.py createsuperuser

Collect static files

heroku run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

For further help, open an issue or contact the maintainer.