Installation

Install the pip package:

pip install django-simplefeedback

Install django-rest-framework if not already installed

add simple-feedback and rest_framework to INSTALLED_APPS

include 'simple-feedback.urls' into urlpatterns

from django.conf.urls import url, include
from django.contrib import admin

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    url(r"^api/", include("simple-feedback.urls")),
]

Migrate the db to crate simple-feedback models

python manage.py migrate

Settings

SIMPLE_FEEDBACK_SEND_TO - email string or a list of email strings

valid examples:

SIMPLE_FEEDBACK_SEND_TO =
SIMPLE_FEEDBACK_SEND_TO = 'sendto@address.org'
SIMPLE_FEEDBACK_SEND_TO = ['sendto1@address.org', 'sendto2@address.org']

When SIMPLE_FEEDBACK_SEND_TO is empty or not defined, the email recepients will be all the superusers in the system.

Develop

Clone the repo

git clone git@github.com:pulilab/django-simple-feedback.git

Test app

Test standalone app:

$ export DATABASE_URL='your_db' # you can skip this, defaults to 'localhost' (use postgres.app for simplicity)

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

$ python runtests.py

Run the app in develop mode

Create a new django project and install the package in develop mode

django-admin startproject simple_feedback_demo
cd simple_feedback_demo
pip install -e ~LOCAL_PATH_TO_DJANGO_SIMPLEFEEDBACK

Add simple-feedback and rest_framework to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'rest_framework',
    'simple-feedback'
]

Configure demo app urls

from django.conf.urls import url, include
from django.contrib import admin

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    url(r"^api/", include("simple-feedback.urls")),
]

SqlLite is not supported

Change the db config to use postgres in settings.py:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'postgres',
        'USER': 'postgres',
        'HOST': os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL", 'localhost'),
        'PORT': 5432,
    }
}

Migrate db, create super user and run your demo app:

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser
python manage.py runserver

open the browser at http://localhost:8000/admin