WebProgramming

Description

The Twidder website is a part of the course TDDD97 conducted at Linköping University. https://www.ida.liu.se/~TDDD97/labs/index.en.shtml

The website allows users to set up their own profile, post messages to walls and see other users' walls with their profiles.

Frontend

HTML, CSS (Bootstrap), Javascript

Backend

Python, Flask, Sqlite

Setting up server

1. Set up virtual environment https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.2.x/installation/
2. Download additional modules in the virtual environment:

• Flask pip install flask
• Flask SocketIO pip install flask-socketio
• requests pip install requests
• email.mime pip install email (only if not available by default)

Running the website

1. Run the server in the command line (for Windows: python server.py)
2. Type http://127.0.0.1:5000/static/client.html URL in the browser

Additional features implemented:

• Testing Using Selenium
• Styling and Responsive Design
• Geolocation
• Password recovery

Geolocation - configuration

The current API key from Geoapify is required in the server.py file in order for the geolocation to work.

Password recovery - configuration

The current e-mail username and password for SMTP is required in the server.py file for the password recovery to work.

Selenium tests - how to configure and run them

1. Download Microsoft Edge WebDriver https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/webdriver/
2. Set it in the same location as test.py
3. Use the command python test.py in the command line