Redcrane.net

Redcrane.net rewritten in Flask using MongoDB

Setting up MongoDB

1. Download MongoDB

2. (OPTIONAL) Download a MongoDB Client:

   • Robomongo: https://robomongo.org/download

Help for Window’s users: https://dzone.com/articles/install-set-and-start-mongodb

The database will automatically be created when you run the server.

How to run

1. Install dependencies using pip (see below)

2. Clone the repository (obviously)

   Running in debug mode

   Use command: python run.py debug (or python run.py runserver)

   Running in production mode

   Use command: python run.py prod

Dependencies

• Flask

• Mongoengine

• Flask_mongoengine

• Flask-Script

• Flask-Cache

• Flask-Login

• bcrypt

• bbcode

Make sure to check if pip is updated: pip install --upgrade pip

Resources

Official Website

http://flask.pocoo.org/

Tutorials

http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.10/quickstart/#quickstart

MongoEngine

http://mongoengine.org/