ACE is a text-based CLI program designed to display and manipulate contact data. It aims to provide a simple but intutive interface combined with precision relational database control.

• Search for contacts with specific affiliations
• Create and delete contacts manually, or import data from a CSV or VCF file
• Export your contact data to a CSV or VCF file

To run: $ ./interface.py

A MySQL instance must be running for the app to function correctly. You can setup the database for the first time using the provided schema.sql file.

You must have a configuration YAML file present filled with credentials to connect to the MySQL database instance. By default the program searches for a file named "config.yaml" (based off "config.yaml.example") in the same directory as "interface.py". If you wish to use a different configuaration filename, you may specify it as a command line argument. Example:

$ ./interface.py --config my_config_file.yaml

Quickstart for Local Use:

$ cp config.yaml.example config.yaml

If you wish to use a test database, you can specify the credentials in your config file under a section defined as "mysql_test" (see "config.yaml.example" for an example) and use it by adding a --test flag. Example:

$ ./interface.py --test

If you intend to use a database instance not running on localhost, ensure you've allowed TCP/IP connections (port 3306) through your firewall, and have a valid database user with proper permissions created for your client host's IP address. You may also need to edit the mysqld settings wherever your mysql daemon is running. For more details see here.

To install packages run:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt