Flask User Registration Web App

Description

Exercise for learning Flask. Built with RESTful API, using Bootstrap and MariaDB. Provisioned with Vagrant and Docker.

APIs

Users: /api/users
Specific User: /api/users/<user_id>
Articles: /api/articles
Specific Article: /api/articles/<article_id>

Usage

Requirements

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Setting up Docker stack

Run startup script - /bin/bash docker-start.sh
Run DB import script - /bin/bash docker-importdb.sh
Open localhost:5000 in a browser

To-do List

remove reliance on unreliable 3rd party Docker image
improve set up procedure. consolidate provisioning to just Docker Compose
catch exceptions on api calls
volumize the app folder to allow for faster development
separate app.py file into multiple files
local permission system - protect pages based on each user, not just whether that user is logged in
other OAuth providers and add Facebook authentication
integrating with another published API (e.g. Google, Wikipedia, Github etc.)
further secure the API
fix menu button functionality when window is non-fullscreen