mtandrei / url-shortener

Simple flask web app that shortens urls

URL-Shortener Flask App

To get set up on the project:

1. Set up virtualenv
   • run "virtualenv venv"
   • to activate run "source venv/bin/activate"
   • to deactivate run "deactivate"
2. Use pip to install dependencies (in the virtualenv)
   • run "pip install -r pip.req". Try skipping next two commands.
3. Run "python run.py"

Database stuff:

Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev python-dev Fedora: yum install python-migrate

Run the following commands:

• "sudo mysql"
• "create database url;"
• "create user 'url'@'localhost' identified by 'url';"
• "grant all privileges on url.* to 'url'@'localhost';"
• "flush privileges;" Quit out of mysql with "quit". Then run:
• "./migrate.py db init"
• "./migrate.py db migrate"
• "./migrate.py db upgrade"

To check the database subsequently, run "mysql -uurl -purl" To change database structure, edit url/models.py, then run migrate and upgrade again. If you happen to remove the migrations folder, then run init, migrate, then upgrade.

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