handlefinder

search handles across hundreds of social networks

1. Backend local development

Requirements

• Python >= 3.9.0
• Linux / MacOS (not tested on Windows)

General workflow

By default, the dependencies are managed with pip.

From ./backend/app/ you can install all the dependencies with:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a virtual environment from the requirements.txt (or installed globally).

Then you can start your local server with.

It will be running on localhost ie 127.0.0.1

Starting API

You will need to download the build of the frontend. To do this, you will need to cd into frontend and npm install, npm run build, and npm start to run locally

cd backend
uvicorn app.main:app --reload

2. Development URLs

Automatic Interactive Docs (Swagger UI): https://localhost/docs

3. Freezing Requirements

pip freeze > requirements.txt