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 - Run `python manage.py migrate` to set up the tables in the DB
 - Run `python manage.py runserver` to start the server
+
+## Deploy to Heroku
+
+- Run `heroku create` to create heroku app
+- Copy url of heroku app created (e.g. `blooming-fjord-06511.herokuapp.com`) and add it to `ALLOWED_HOSTS` in `django_rest_api/settings.py`
+	e.g. `ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', 'desolate-thicket-29906.herokuapp.com']`
+- add/commit to git.  Then run `git push heroku master` 
+- run `heroku run bash` to enter bash and then run `python manage.py migrate` and `python manage.py createsuperuser` (follow prompts) and then `exit`