JobFinder

Basic website with full functionality written in Flask

Built using Flask Python and Postgres.

Setting up Postgres

Install postgres using the below command:
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib

To verify installation, run the command:
sudo -u postgres psql -c "SELECT version();"

Create User and DataBase:
sudo su - postgres -c "createuser yourusername"
sudo su - postgres -c "createdb yourdbname"

Grant privileges on the database to the user which you created in the previous commands:
sudo -u postgres psql
grant all privileges on yourdbname to yourusername;
alter user yourusername with password 'yourpassword';

Run following to exit from psql:
\q

To Enable remote access to postgresql,by editing:
sudo vi /etc/postgresql/10/main/postgresql.conf

Change the line :
"listen_addresses = 'localhost' " to "listen_addresses = '*' "
Save and exit the file

Restart postgresql:
sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart

Create Virtual environment and installing packages using requirements.txt

Execute these commands in your terminal creates a new folder:
mkdir new_folder
cd new_folder

Execute these commands to create virtual environment:
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate

Install requirements.txt using pip:
pip install -r requirements.txt

Database Migration

Run the following commands in terminal:
These commands creates a schema in the database
python3 manage.py db init
python3 manage.py db migrate
python3 manage.py db upgrade

Running the app

Before running the app we have to connect the db to flask app. We can do so by changing the DATABASE URL in the _init_.py file inside the jobfinder folder:
DATABASE_URL = "postgresql://yourusername:password@yourIP:yourport/yourdbname"

Run the following command from the root of project directory
python3 manage.py runserver

Now Open the browser and hit the url:
- localhost:5000

or the one in your terminal.