OpenDash - Stock Market Dashboard

Welcome to OpenDash, a Flask-based Stock Market Dashboard application. This app provides an API to fetch stock data and displays a welcoming message on the home route.

Features

Fetch stock data through a RESTful API
Display a custom welcome message
Initialize the database with sample stock data

Technologies Used

Python 3.11
Flask 3.0.3
Flask-SQLAlchemy 3.0.3
SQLite
python-dotenv 1.0.1

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

Python 3.11
pip (Python package installer)

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/marketcalls/opendash
cd opendash

Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows, use `venv\Scripts\activate`

Install dependencies:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Set up environment variables:

Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:
```
FLASK_STOCK_MARKET_DASHBOARD_API="Welcome to OpenDash"
DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///default.db"
```
Alternatively, you can use the provided .sample.env as a template:
```
cp .sample.env .env
```

Initialize the database:

flask shell
from app import init_db
init_db()
exit()

Running the Application

To start the Flask development server:

flask run