xplosivex/webfortune

This is a project built as a freshmen to allow command line communication within a local flask server

Required Libaries to run on local host

python3 pip3 virtualenv cowsay fortune

Setup

All commands below assume you have already cloned the repo. virtualenv -p python3 env source env/bin/activate pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Running the flask app

flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port= {} within the {} please specify a port

ending the flask app

sent a keyboard intterupt like CTRL + C

Required Libaries to run on docker

python3 pip3 virtualenv cowsay fortune docker

Setup

All commands below assume you have already cloned the repo. docker build -t webfortune ..

Running in docker.

docker run -dp <desired_port>:5000 webfortune.

Quiting the docker application

docker ps docker stop {} {} is the ID of your docker continer

Using my app

webfortune is a flask application that returns values based on the url it is feed. we will assume everything below is typed after the first / within the url

fortune/ This returns a fortune.

cowsay/ This must be accompined by <message> which will be displayed inside the linux cowsay command.

cowfortune/ This will return a cowsay of fortune a random fortune.