A basic implementation for my first python server which is gonna be a chat with an authorization. All in one script server using Flask as a web server and SQLite3 as a Data Base.

Python version 3.7+ is required. As well as the virtualenv module.

1. Create and activate a python environment

python3 -m venv .env && source .env/bin/activate

(For later deactivation run)

deactivate

2. Install all the project dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Init db by running the following script

python init_db.py

4. Start the App as a service using flask

env FLASK_APP=server.py flask run

It's an backend API service which response in the JSON format. So it works better with a Frontent part.

But you can do queries just using your browser. For example

For logging in you can open in a browser the following link

http://localhost:5000/login

The system will authorize you as a random user from DB (Anthony or Yan) and remember your session.

To see your chats list please open the following. Must be logged in first!

http://localhost:5000/mychats

To see chat messages for a Chat #1 open

http://localhost:5000/chat-messages?chat_id=1

To add message to the Chat #1 do

http://localhost:5000/chat-post-message?chat_id=1&text=Some%20text%20here

ETC