flask-simple-form

This is a simple flask register-form application designed to run in multiple ways

Notes

• This app use MongoDB as database supported by Flask-MongoAlchemy extension => So you have to install MongoDB database to run this locally

• uses Flask-SocketIO along with Ajax for real time update

• you will get an email if you have registered

Overview

Running this app

This app is designed to run in different ways:

1. As a standalone app running on your machine

1. As a standalone app

1. install python
2. git clone the project then cd into the directory
3. run virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 venvor python -m venv venv to create a virtual environment
4. activate it using source venv/bin/activate
5. pip install -r requirements/prod_local.txt to install the app libaries and it dependencies
6. install MongoDB database sudo apt-get install mongodb
7. check your database is installed and print its version using mongo --version

running the app

• After installing, you need to set your application environment variable by running export FLASK_APP=app.py
• run export MAIL_PASSWORD=<your-email-password> to set your email password environment variable
• run the server using the script file run.sh by typing ./run
• Access the running app in a browser at the URL written to the console (most likely http://0.0.0.0:5000)