ShareSpace

CS 446 App Repo

Backend Setup/Installation

1. Install python locally on your machine (version 3.10 or later)
2. Set up virtual environment
3. Run cd .\flask_api\
4. Run python -m venv venv to create the virtual environment
5. Run venv\Scripts\activate
6. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
7. Add sharespace-firebase.json to flask_api folder
8. Add .env.potential to flask_api folder
9. Run python main.py

Once setup has been completed, you only need to run steps 3, 4, and 7.