Welcome to Petsy!

Petsy, a fullstack clone of Etsy, is an online marketplace where people sell, buy, and collect unique pet items. Contributors: Andrew Murray, Lucas Monteiro, Whit Minson, Yanelys Mena.

Wiki Links

• MVP Feature List
• React Components & Frontend Routes
• Database Schema
• API Routes
• User Stories

Technologies

• Backend: Python, Flask
• Frontend: JavaScript, React/Redux, AJAX, WTForms
• Database: PostgresSQL
• Image hosting: AWS/S3
• Design and Styling: HTML/CSS
• External APIs: boto3, botocore

Features

• User login/signup

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• Products

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• Shopping cart

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• Reviews/Ratings

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• Purchases

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• Search

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Install Instructions

1. Clone this repo
   • git clone [email protected]:AndrewPMurray/Petsy.git
2. Install dependencies for backend
   • pipenv install
3. Install dependencies for frontend
   • cd react-app
   • npm install
4. Create PostgreSQL user
   • CREATE USER petsy_user WITH CREATEDB PASSWORD '<password>'
5. Create PostgreSQL database
   • CREATE DATABASE petsy_db WITH OWNER <user name>
6. Create a .env file in the root directory based on the .env.example file
7. In .env file:
   • Replace 'password' in DATABASE_URL with your chosen password
   • Enter a secure combination of characters for you SECRET_KEY
   • Create your own S3 image bucket and AWS user and connect them, and enter in the information for S3_BUCKET, S3_KEY, and S3_SECRET.
8. Flask Migrate and Seed your database in root directory
   • pipenv shell
   • flask db upgrade
   • flask seed all
9. Start backend server in root directory
   • flask run
10. Start frontend server in react-app directory
    • npm start
11. In your browser go to localhost:3000
12. You may use the Demo user or create a new user by clicking on the Log In button. Then you can search, look at products, leave reviews, add items to cart, purchase items, etc..

Bonus Features

• Purchases
  • A user can view their past purchases' information and create/edit reviews on each purchase.
• 404 page

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