OVERVIEW

This project uses a subset of IMDB listed movies and actors from Hallmark original movies, romantic comedies, mysteries, and dramas. Backend HTML/CSS rendering comes via Flask/Jinja2, with a Sqlite database.

This repo is a Flask version of a CLI program (lacey-bacon) and uses data generated from it, and includes a Docker container. All websites and images shown here belong to the original copyright holders and are used for academic and demonstration purposes only. Source and derived data is publicly available and courtesy of IMDB.

VIDEO WALKTHROUGH

Mac/Linux instructions for command-line version:

(NOTE: Requires python version 3 and pip. The series of commands below will download the app, create a virtual environment, install python, pip, and the app's prerequisites in that virtual environment, and run the app using recently compiled data.

• git clone https://github.com/hellums/python-flask.git

• cd python-flask

• python -m venv env

• source env/bin/activate

• pip install -r requirements.txt

• python romcomWeb.py

• in a web browser tab, go to http://localhost:5000/

Windows instructions for command-line version:

If using VSC, a DOS command prompt terminal is highly recommended, NOT PowerShell.

Perform same steps as above, except replace the "source env/bin/activate" command in step 4 with

• env\Scripts\activate (or activate.bat)

To build a local Docker container (on port 5500):

• docker build -t python-flask .

Clean Up

• To get everything back to normal and remove files, type deactivate, then remove the python-flask directory. Your system will be back to normal, as before the test.