Myflaskapp

This is a tutorial on using Flask Backend with MySQL from Scratch.

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Requirements

..* Python ..* pip ..* MySQL

###Setting up the Project Fork the repository and cd into to Project Directory

1. pip install flask
2. pip install flask_mysqldb
3. pip install wtforms
4. pip install passlib
5. pip install functools
6. Set up the Database

Run the Project

cd myflaskapp

python app.py

Point yor browser to [Localhost](https://localhost:5000)

Setting up Database, make sure that database is set up

CREATE DATABASE myflaskapp;

USE myflaskapp db using MySQL

CREATE TABLE users (id INT(11) AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, name VARCHAR(30), username VARCHAR(30),email VARCHAR(100), password VARCHAR(100), register_date TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)

CREATE TABLE articles (id INT(11) AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, title VARCHAR(255), author VARCHAR(100), body TEXT, create_date TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);

Set Up db.py as follows:

def DBconfig():
    dbconfig = {
        "host": 'localhost',
        "user": 'INSERT DB USER NAME',
        "password": 'INSERT DB PASSWORD',
        "DBName": 'myflaskapp',
        "dictDB": 'DictCursor',
    }
    return dbconfig