Hive‑Pulse is a full-stack Django web application that combines an intelligent movie clustering engine, a custom CMS-powered blog, and a robust user authentication system — all built from scratch.
It allows users to search for movies and TV shows via the TMDB API, like content they enjoy, and get clustered insights using KNN machine learning algorithm. It also includes a feature-rich blog section and a secure, production-ready authentication workflow.
🚀 Hive‑Pulse is deployed on Microsoft Azure using a robust CI/CD pipeline powered by GitHub Actions. Every push to the main branch triggers an automated deployment!
👉 Visit now: https://hive-pulse-engzc8begwbscgc5.westindia-01.azurewebsites.net/
This reflects the live production version with all features enabled, including movie search, clustering, blog system, and full authentication.
- TMDB API–based movie & TV show search
- Users can like content they enjoy
- ML-based clustering using KNN to group liked content
- Personalized discovery experience powered by instance-based learning
- Custom-built BlogApp with full CMS capabilities
- Rich-text editing powered by django-ckeditor
- Users can read, explore, and comment on posts via django-comments-dab
- Secure and extendable AuthApp built from scratch
- User registration, login/logout, password change
- Built-in Django auth combined with modern security practices
HIVE-PULSE/
├── AuthApp/ # Custom user auth app
├── BlogApp/ # CMS-style blog app
├── MoviesApp/ # Movie/TV logic, clustering
├── helpers/
│ └── TMDB_API.py # TMDB integration
├── HivePulse/ # Project settings & URLs
├── media/ # Uploaded media files
├── static/ # Static assets (CSS, JS)
├── staticfiles/ # Collected static files
├── templates/ # Shared templates (implied)
├── .env # Environment config
├── requirements.txt # Dependencies
├── gunicorn_config.py # Deployment config
├── startup.sh # Startup script
├── manage.py
├── tmdb_5000_movies.csv
└── README.md
git clone https://github.com/usman-s-mahmood/hive-pulse.git
cd hive-pulse
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txtThis project relies on several environment variables to run correctly. Here’s a sample:
SECRET_KEY="your-django-secret-key"
DEBUG=True
HOSTS=""
CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=""
DB_NAME="your-db-name"
DB_USER="your-db-user"
DB_PASSWORD="your-db-password"
DB_HOST="localhost"
DB_PORT="3306"
EMAIL_HOST="smtp.mail.example.com"
EMAIL_HOST_USER="your-email@example.com"
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD="your-email-password"
IMAGEKIT_PUB_KEY="your-imagekit-public-key"
IMAGEKIT_PRIV_KEY="your-imagekit-private-key"
IMAGEKIT_URL="https://ik.imagekit.io/your_url"
AIVEN_CA="optional_ca_cert_path"
TMDB="your_tmdb_api_key"
Hive‑Pulse uses scikit-learn to find clusters of liked movies/TV shows using:
- KNN: Finds nearest neighbors based on movie metadata and user preferences
- Activates once a user interacts with enough content for meaningful results
Key dependencies include:
Django==5.2.2django-ckeditor,django-comments-dabdj-static,static3imagekitio,pillowrequests,python-decouplegunicorn(for deployment)PyMySQL(MySQL support)
Full list in
requirements.txt
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser
python manage.py runserverVisit http://localhost:8000
- Fully automated deployment using GitHub Actions
- Every push to
maindeploys to Azure Web Service - Uses
gunicorn_config.pyandstartup.shfor Linux-based deployment - Ideal for scalable production setups with secure environment variables
Feel free to fork, clone, and PR! Open issues for suggestions or bugs.
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2025 Usman Shahid
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