Check if a username can or cannot be taken on a bunch of popular social websites (such as Twitter, Instagram, Soundcloud, Github etc.)
Try it out at: https://username-check.herokuapp.com/
In case you want to try out project locally/contribute
Creating a virtual environment for the project is recommended.
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -r test-requirements.txt
Copy and rename .env.copy to .env by:
- Unix or Linux:
cp .env.copy .env- Windows:
copy .env.copy .envYou can choose to edit the default config before running the project
python username_api.py &
python frontend.py
To use, go to address generated by flask app in a browser.
Tested on python 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6
python -m pytest -s -v
coala --non-interactive -VWe don't test it often, so maybe it might be broken
python cli.py
This endpoint is responsible for returning the username status to the frontend
- https://username-availability.herokuapp.com/check//
<username>/ - eg: https://username-availability.herokuapp.com/check/facebook/yolo
Since the inception of the project, it has on and off been in developement. It has seen minor contributions during hacktoberfest and major contributions from students during Google Codein 2017.
For the time being, the project is being maintained actively.
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