Rishabh-Jain21 / Flask-Coupon-Manager

Flask-Coupon-Manager

A flask based Application to store coupons

Features

• User Registration
• User Login
• Password Reset
• Cross platform
• Email Send

Tech Stack

Server: Flask (Python)

Database: SqliteDb

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will can set environment variables for variables in config.py or hardcode them accordingly.

Run Locally

1.Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/Rishabh-Jain21/Flask-Coupon-Manager

2.Go to the project directory

  cd Flask-Coupon-Manager

3.Create a virtual environment This will create a virtual environment named venv

  python -m venv venv

4.Activate the virtual environment depending on operating System

a) For Windows

  .\venv\Scripts\activate

b) For Unix

source ./venv/bin/activate

5.Install required dependencies

  pip install -r requirments.txt

6.Initialise the database

  python -m flask --app run db upgrade

7.Start development server

  python -m flask --app run

Password Reset

A reset url will be send to the user email. For localhost testing a local SMPT server is created(smtp_server.py) which simulates email send and receive. Actual email is not being sent to the recepient For production add the required smpt details.

For checking reset password locally

1. Run smtp_server.py script in another terminal.
2. Go to reset password page.
3. Enter the email to reset password for.
4. Check the console of locally run smtp server.
5. Use the link printed in console to change password.