🧠 Ideas Board API

A simple Flask-based API to submit, retrieve, and delete ideas — like startup ideas, reminders, or project concepts.
Data is stored locally using SQLite, and the project is containerized with Docker.

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🚀 Features

• Submit new ideas
• Retrieve all submitted ideas
• Retrieve a single idea by ID
• Delete an idea by ID
• Lightweight and fast
• No external API or payment required

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Python 3.12
• Flask
• SQLAlchemy (ORM)
• SQLite (Database)
• Docker

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📦 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/ideas-board.git
   cd ideas-board

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the application locally:

   python app.py

4. Access the API at:

   http://localhost:5000
   

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🐳 Run with Docker

1. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t ideas-board .

2. Run the container:

   docker run -p 5000:5000 ideas-board

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📋 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/ideas	Submit a new idea
GET	/ideas	Get all ideas
GET	/ideas/{id}	Get a single idea by ID
DELETE	/ideas/{id}	Delete an idea by ID

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✨ Future Improvements

• Add user authentication
• Add categories/tags for ideas
• Add pagination for large lists
• Deploy to a public cloud platform

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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🧑‍💻 Author

Created by Manny Rodriguez