https://github.com/akprasad/flask-forum

A forum app made with multiple Flask extensions
https://github.com/akprasad/flask-forum

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A forum app made with multiple Flask extensions

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/akprasad/flask-forum
• Owner: akprasad
• Created: 2013-07-11T18:15:58.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-08-11T06:45:28.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-04T01:27:54.596Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 31.3 KB
• Stars: 59
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 16
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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*(Note: I made this project as an experiment 7 years ago while I was learning Flask.

The code is entirely "as-is," and I don't intend to offer any support for it. Even

so, I hope you find it useful.)*

License: MIT

# flask-forum

A forum app with some basic forum stuff:

- Authentication and session management

- Create boards, threads, and posts

- Write and edit posts in Markdown

Most of the forum code is contained in its own folder, and it's pretty easy to

move it to other projects and use it as a blueprint or whatever else you have

in mind. If you're new to Flask, this project is also a pretty good illustration

of how to use a variety of common and especially useful extensions.

## Extensions used

- [Flask-Admin](http://flask-admin.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) for database management

- [Flask-Assets](http://elsdoerfer.name/docs/flask-assets/) for asset management

- [Flask-DebugToolbar](http://flask-debugtoolbar.readthedocs.org/) for debugging and profiling.

- [Flask-Markdown](http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-Markdown/) for forum posts

- [Flask-Script](http://flask-script.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) for basic commands

- [Flask-Security](http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-Security/) for authentication

- [Flask-SQLAlchemy](http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-SQLAlchemy/) for database queries

- [Flask-WTF](http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-WTF/) for forms

## Setup

flask-forum uses [bcrypt](https://github.com/dstufft/bcrypt/) for password hashing.

If you're using Ubuntu, you can install it with the necessary headers by running

the following commands:

```

sudo apt-get install python-dev libffi-dev

sudo pip install bcrypt

```

The rest of the setup is more conventional:

```

pip install -r requirements.txt

python manage.py create_db

python manage.py create_user -e  -p 

python manage.py create_role -n admin

python manage.py add_role -u  -r admin

python runserver.py

```

By default the site is hosted at `localhost:5000`.