IT17098960 is committing from IT17100908 user's branch.

AttendanceApp/api.py

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.parsers import MultiPartParser, FormParser
 
+from . import record
+
 from rest_framework.views import *
 
 class StudentAPIView(APIView):
@@ -160,3 +162,12 @@ class FileView(APIView):
       return Response(file_serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
 
+# this API will initiate the lecture
+class InitiateLecture(APIView):
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        record.initiate()
+
+        return Response({
+            "response": "success"
+        })

AttendanceApp/urls.py

 from django.urls import path
-from .api import student_list, student_detail, subject_list, subject_detail, attendance_list, StudentAPIView, StudentDetails
+from .api import student_list, student_detail, subject_list, subject_detail, attendance_list, StudentAPIView, \
+    StudentDetails
 from django.conf.urls import url
-from .api import FileView
+from .api import FileView, InitiateLecture
+from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('students/', student_list),
@@ -10,8 +12,12 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('subjects/<str:pk>', subject_detail),
     path('attendance/', attendance_list),
     path('student/', StudentAPIView.as_view()),
+    path('initiate-lecture', views.initiate_lecture),
     # class based
     path('student/', StudentAPIView.as_view()),
     path('student/<str:pk>', StudentDetails.as_view()),
-    url(r'^upload/$', FileView.as_view(), name='file-upload')
+    url(r'^upload/$', FileView.as_view(), name='file-upload'),
+
+    # this url will initiate the lecture
+    url(r'^process-initiate-lecture/$', InitiateLecture.as_view())
 ]

AttendanceApp/views.py

+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+
+def initiate_lecture(request):
+
+    return render(request, "AttendanceApp/Initiate_lecture.html")
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FirstApp/templates/FirstApp/template.html

@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@
         </div>S
       </li>
 
+      <li class="nav-item">
+        <a class="nav-link collapsed" href="#" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseFour" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="collapseThree">
+          <i class="fas fa-fw fa-cog"></i>
+          <span>Attendance</span>
+        </a>
+        <div id="collapseFour" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="headingThree" data-parent="#accordionSidebar">
+          <div class="bg-white py-2 collapse-inner rounded">
+            <h6 class="collapse-header">Components:</h6>
+              <a class="collapse-item" href="/attendance/initiate-lecture">initiate lecture</a>
+          </div>ac
+        </div>S
+      </li>
+
       <!-- Nav Item - Utilities Collapse Menu -->
       <li class="nav-item">
         <a class="nav-link collapsed" href="#" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseUtilities" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="collapseUtilities">