Template For Role Based Access Control Using Flask & Mongo

To use this role-based access control template

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1. Clone this repository to local computer

2. Rename the directory to reflect the new project name

3. Delete .git folder

4. Create a new virtual environment

   • Windows: python -m venv ./venv
   • Mac: python3 -m venv ./venv

5. Activate the new virtual environment

   • Windows: .\venv\Scripts\activate
   • Mac: source ./venv/bin/activate

6. Install the dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt

7. Make a new repository by running git init in the folder.

8. Track all the files in the new local repository git add .

9. Make the first commit of this new project git commit -m 'first commit of <project name> from flask_template

10. On Github, create a new repository. DO NOT initialize it

11. Connect the local repository to the new Github repository git remote add origin <<repository_URL>>

12. Create and change to a new local development branch git checkout b development

13. Continue working with the project as you normally would.

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Create an account on MongoDB Atlas

[MongoDB Atlas] https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/

Create an .env file

1. In the project root, create a new file named .env

2. You can get the Mongo connection should be completed with values from your database user in Atlas.

MONGO = "mongodb+srv://REPLACE_ME_WITH_YOUR_DATABASE_USER:REPLACE_ME_WITH_YOUR_DATABASE_USER_PASSWORD@cluster0.upbc3.mongodb.net/REPLACE_ME_WITH_YOUR_DATABASE_NAME?retryWrites=true&w=majority"

3. Create a secret key. SECRET_KEY = "REPLACE_ME_WITH_YOUR_SECRET_KEY_HERE"