Flask Blog

Intro

This is a simple Blog created with FLASK Microframework

Functionalities

1. Create Account
2. Login.
3. View Posts, Edit post, delete post
4. Update Profile
5. Reset password via email

Setup and installation-Windows

1. Install Virtualenv

         pip install virtualenv

   create a virtualenv in your cloned repo

      virtualenv venv

2. Activate virtualenv-Windows

        source venv/Scripts/activate

3. Install dependencies

        pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Configurations Edit the profile and add the following: use code ~/bash_profile with VScode

        set 'SECRET_KEY'=os.environ.get('your secret key')
        set 'SQLITE_DATABASE_URI'=os.environ.get('your db uri')
        set 'MAIL_USERNAME'=os.environ.get('EMAIL_USER')
        set 'MAIL_PASSWORD'=os.environ.get('EMAIL_PASS')
        

NB

• You will need to set EMAIL_USER and EMAIL_PASS the os environment variables and provide email and password in the **__init__.py**

 app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'] = os.environ.get('EMAIL_USER')
 app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD'] = os.environ.get('EMAIL_PASS')

4. Start the server

      python run.py
   

Author: NehemiahLimo