PurpleForest Backend

To run:

One time

1. In the backend directory, create a file named .env with values for the following environment variables:
   • JWT_SECRET_KEY: Any random string.
   • POSTGRES_PASSWORD: Any random string.
   • POSTGRES_USER: postgres, assuming you're using the bundled docker-based database, or whatever user you need if you have a custom postgres set up.
   • Optionally, POSTGRES_DB, POSTGRES_HOST, and POSTGRES_PORT if you're not using default postgres values.
2. Make a virtual environment: python3 -m venv .venv
3. Activate the virtual environment: . .venv/bin/activate
4. Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Run the database: ../db/run.sh (you must have Docker installed and running).
6. Create the database schema: ../db/create-schema.sh

You may want to run python3 populate.py to populate sample data.

If you ever need to wipe the database, just delete ../db/pg_data (and remember to set it up again after).

Each time

1. In one terminal, run the database: ../db/run.sh (you must have Docker installed and running).
2. In another terminal, activate the virtual environment: . .venv/bin/activate
3. With the virtual environment activated, run the backend: python3 main.py