paradise-papers-django

A simple Django web app for searching the Paradise Papers dataset backed by Neo4j.

Welcome to Paradise Paper Search App’s Django + Neomodel Tutorial!

Setup with Docker

First create an sandbox database, make sure to select Paradise Papers by ICIJ under Pre-Built Data, copy the credentials: username, password and bolt URL, you are going to need that later.

Next, clone the paradise-papers-django repo. Unless otherwise specified, all commands mentioned below should be run within the root directory of this repository.

Configure the database connection by following these steps:

1. Copy dot_env_example to .env
2. On UNIX-based systems, run chmod 600 .env to prevent other users from reading your .env file
3. Edit .env, replacing: <username>, <password>, and <address> with the values from the "Connection details" tab on sandbox.neo4j.com

Start the Django container by running:

docker compose up

Next, configure the Django admin interface by running:

docker compose exec django python manage.py migrate
docker compose exec django python manage.py createsuperuser

Finally, load the search interface (http://127.0.0.1:8000/). There is also an admin interface (http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin). However, the admin interface for Neo4j data isn't as powerful as it is for relational data.