Microblog — Flask (Simple + Reply Targeting)

This is a tiny Flask microblog application featuring:

• Create posts with username + timestamp
• Reply to posts OR reply to a specific user
• Replies show “↪ @username”
• Clean HTML + CSS
• No database required (in‑memory storage)
• Super simple to run and extend

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🚀 Install & Run

1. Install dependencies

You only need Flask:

pip install flask

(Optional but recommended: create a venv)

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Mac/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate    # Windows

2. Start the server

Inside the project folder:

python app.py

3. Open in browser

Visit:

http://127.0.0.1:5000

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📁 Project Structure

microblog/
│── app.py
│── README.md
│── templates/
│     └── index.html
│── static/
      └── style.css

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🧠 How It Works

Posts look like this:

{
  "id": 1,
  "user": "Alice",
  "content": "Hello world!",
  "time": "2025‑12‑03 12:45:23",
  "replies": []
}

Replies look like:

{
  "user": "Bob",
  "content": "Nice message!",
  "time": "2025‑12‑03 12:48:10",
  "reply_to": "Alice"
}

Reply targeting

Clicking “Reply to ” automatically:

• Fills a hidden input reply_to="<name>"
• Shows “Replying to: ”
• Displays ↪ @<name> in the UI

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⚠️ Important Notes

• Data is not saved permanently (in-memory only).
• Restarting the server clears all posts & replies.
• Perfect for learning or rapid prototyping.

If you want persistence, you can upgrade to SQLite or PostgreSQL—I can generate that version for you.

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