configure.md

Install and configure app

Coinbase sandbox

I strongly advise, you try this first in the coinbase sandbox, in which you can play with money, without spending real money.

• sign up for a 'coinbase sandbox account' at https://sandbox.coinbase.com/signup

Once you got it all running and have fully understood it, you can switch to PRODUCTION=True in config.py, and instead of the sandbox ... connect it to a real coinbase account at https://www.coinbase.com/signup - and start earning real money.

API key for coinbase access

To be able to create a 'checkout' via API:

• fill in your 'merchant profile' until you get a green 'Your merchant profile has been updated.'

Then

• at https://sandbox.coinbase.com/settings/api --> Create New API key

  • with permission: wallet:checkouts:create
  • Create. Then 'show' the 'API Key details'

• --> API_KEY & API_SECRET into configPrivate.py (that file is in .gitignore, so that it is not committed to git).

django app

Prepare the server, install dependencies, etc - see 'VPS ... dependencies'.

clone this from github

git clone https://github.com/drandreaskrueger/buyme.git
cd buyme

django database

The db.sqlite3 database has to be initialized once:

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

And the static files made available:

python manage.py collectstatic

Run Server

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

Testing

Now you can try all the URLs in the cloud. In my case the base url is:

--> http://208.68.38.174:8000/buyme/