iyawnis/flask_messaging_webapp

Simple flask up for handling contact requests

README

Install virtualenv (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv) and mongodb http://www.mongodb.org/

$ apt-get install python-virtualenv
$ apt-get install mongodb

Create a new virtual env and activate it

$ virtualenv <new_env_name>
$ source <new_env_name>/bin/activate

(<virtual_env_name>) should show infront of terminal line

cd to Webapp directory

Pull application dependencies:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Server startup is handled by manage.py. Execute python manage.py to see available options.

####Managing MongoDB

dropping and populating the DB can now be handeled by the startup script manage.py

• Open shell by: mongo
• See existing databases: show dbs
• Use db: use <db_name>
• Show existing collections: show collections
• Delete collection: db.<collection_name>.drop()
• exit