Art Thief

Description

Art thief pulls random, high resolution images from the art auction website artsy.net and displays them on your browser.

Setup

To run on your localhost, clone this repo using:

git clone https://github.com/alma-frankenstein/art_thief.git art_thief

cd to the art_thief directory.

Create a virtual environment for the project:

Run python3 -m venv venv
Activate it with source venv/bin/activate

Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install dependencies

Still with the virtual environment activated, run flask run, then open the browser window indicated (this will probably be http://127.0.0.1:5000/). Refresh the browser page to load a new picture.

Testing

To run the test suite:

Make sure the virtual environment is activated (see above)
Go to the src directory: cd src
Run python -m pytest tests to run tests

Technologies Used

Python
Flask
Pillow