UniSwipeBackend

Python REST API Backend for UniSwipe App

Getting Started

PREREQUISITES: node npm package manager Python 3.7+

Clone the repository: https://github.com/kalxed/uniswipe-backend.git

Navigate to the root directory using cd, then run:

pip install -r requirements.txt

This will install the required pip packages for the project. Then run:

python api.py

Make note of the URL that is used for the flask server locally, this will be used to connect to the frontend.

Connecting to Frontend

The frontend is available for download here: https://github.com/kalxed/uniswipe.

There, navigate to the root directory and run

npm install . 

Before running, change the .env.local variable to match the URL that was printed to the console when running the python API.

Then, to start the server, run:

npm run dev 

Now you are able to run the website with the given port, and you should be able to retrieve schools and swipe through them on the site using the model.