Demo App Using Django Celery and Redis for Image Thumbnail Generation

Code to go with StackAbuse article on using Django with Celery and Redis

local dev setup

1. install Redis as described in blog post

2. clone repo

git clone https://github.com/amcquistan/image_parroter.git
cd image_parroter

3. make virtual env and activate it

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

4. install python requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. start redis-server in its own terminal window

redis-server

6. start celery worker in its own terminal window with the python virtual env from step 3 activated and in the same directory as the manage.py script

(venv) celery worker -A image_parroter --loglevel=info

7. start django dev server, again in its own terminal window with the python virtual env from step 3 activated and in the same directory as the manage.py script

(venv) python manage.py runserver

Once these are complete you should be able to point your browser to http://localhost:8000 and see the Thumbnailer application