PETLYNK – PREMIUM PET DATING & BONDING PLATFORM

TEAM DETAILS

Team Name: VOIDIX

Team Leader: Sajeer F M

Team Members: Patrick Davis Jerry

APPLICATION OVERVIEW

PetLynk is a full-stack web-based animal social matchmaking and bonding platform designed to connect pets through intelligent, preference-based compatibility matching. The system enables users to create rich pet profiles, define lifestyle and behavioral attributes, and discover suitable companions using a structured recommendation approach.

Unlike traditional social platforms, PetLynk focuses on pet-centric characteristics such as energy level, personality, habitat, diet style, and favorite activities to generate meaningful matches.

The platform supports secure authentication, profile management, bonding requests, and real-time one-to-one messaging between mutually matched pets. A compatibility percentage is calculated to help users quickly evaluate potential matches.

PetLynk demonstrates the practical implementation of a matchmaking system integrated with communication features and serves as a comprehensive example of a real-world social networking application.

IMPLEMENTED FEATURES

1. User Authentication & Security

   • User registration and login
   • Session-based authentication
   • Secure logout
   • Access control for protected pages

2. Pet Profile Management

   • Create and edit pet profiles
   • Upload profile picture
   • Store pet details: Name Species Age Gender Energy level Social style Habitat preference Home territory Personality traits Diet style Favorite activity

3. Preference-Based Matchmaking

   • Intelligent matching using lifestyle and behavior attributes
   • Automatic compatibility score generation
   • Suggested matches displayed in card format

4. Bond Request System

   • Send bond requests
   • Visual confirmation of sent requests
   • Mutual bonding required before chat

5. Real-Time Messaging

   • One-to-one private chat
   • Chat unlocked after mutual bonding
   • Message timestamps
   • Online/active status indicator
   • Auto Refresh

6. Match Dashboard

   • View all recommended matches
   • View compatibility percentage
   • Quick bond button

7. Cloud Deployment (AWS)

   • Hosted on Amazon Web Services EC2
   • Centralized cloud database
   • Scalable and reliable infrastructure

8. User-Friendly Interface

   • Clean and responsive design
   • Mobile-friendly layout
   • Simple navigation

9. System Performance & Reliability

   • Fast page loading
   • Organized database structure
   • Scalable backend architecture

TECHNOLOGY STACK

Frontend:

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript

Backend:

• Python
• Django Framework

Database:

• SQLite (Development)

Server & Deployment:

• AWS EC2
• Nginx
• Gunicorn
• Ubuntu Linux

SETUP AND EXECUTION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Clone the repository git clone <repository_url>

2. Create virtual environment python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Apply database migrations python manage.py makemigrations python manage.py migrate

5. Create admin user python manage.py createsuperuser

6. Run development server python manage.py runserver

7. Access application http://localhost:8000/

ASSUMPTIONS, LIMITATIONS & KNOWN ISSUES

• Internet connection required
• SQLite suitable only for development
• Limited scalability on free hosting tier
• No push notifications in current version

DEMO VIDEO LINK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7tD3VNhC4w

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