PixelSearch - High-Quality Image Explorer 📸✨

A sleek, modern, and lightning-fast Django web application that allows users to seamlessly discover, search, and download millions of royalty-free, high-resolution photographs powered by the Unsplash API.

✨ Features

• Modern Premium UI: Completely overhauled front-end featuring a sleek dark-mode glassmorphism aesthetic, gradient typography, and ultra-smooth CSS micro-animations.
• Intelligent Search Engine: Integrated deeply with the Unsplash API to return highly accurate, curated, and professional-grade photography based on user queries.
• Secure Authentication Flow: Robust Login and Signup architecture featuring real-time client-side password strength validation checklists (Length, Uppercase, Numbers, Special Characters).
• Protected Dashboard: Secure route management ensuring unauthenticated visitors are gracefully redirected.
• Responsive Image Modal: Instantly preview high-resolution imagery in an elegant, isolated pop-up environment with direct download capabilities.

🛠️ Technology Stack

• Backend: Python, Django 5.x, Requests
• Frontend: HTML5, Modern Vanilla CSS (Glassmorphism UI), Bootstrap 5 Grid, Vanilla JavaScript
• API Engine: Unsplash Developer API (Authorization: Client-ID)
• Environment Management: python-decouple

🚀 Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/neerajsinghchauhan/search-high-quality-images.git
   cd search-high-quality-images

2. Create a virtual environment:

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

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Environment Variables (.env): Create a .env file in your root directory and add your Unsplash API key:

   UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY=your_actual_unsplash_api_key_here

5. Run Database Migrations:

   python manage.py migrate

6. Start the Development Server:

   python manage.py runserver

   Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your browser.

🏷️ Tags

#Django #Python #UnsplashAPI #ImageGallery #Glassmorphism #WebDevelopment #Bootstrap5 #Authentication #OpenSource #FrontendDesign

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Created with 💙 by Neeraj Singh Chauhan