Instruction for setting up Backend server

1. Create a .env file that contains a variable of SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI, GMAIL_ACCOUNT, GMAIL_PASSWORD, RECEIVER_EMAIL_LIST, and ADMIN_EMAIL_LIST.

SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=mysql+pymysql://<username>:<password>@127.0.0.1:3306/superb
GMAIL_ACCOUNT=<sender_account>
GMAIL_PASSWORD=<sender_password>
RECEIVER_EMAIL_LIST=<receiver_1>,<receiver_2>,...
ADMIN_EMAIL_LIST=<admin_1>,<admin_2>,...

2. Install requirements and unzip required files

./prepare.sh

3. In backend/ run

• For development

python3 app.py

• For production (w/o independent environment)

uwsgi --ini app.ini

• For production (w/ independent environment) [Recommended]

1. Install pipenv

pip3 install pipenv
pipenv --three
pipenv install

2. Get the path of virtual env directory

pipenv --venv

3. Append app.ini with the virtual env directory

virtualenv = <path to the virtual directory>

4. Start server with

<path to the virtual directory>/bin/uwsgi --ini app.ini