This little app enables you to keep track of books you like, because how the heck are you supposed to do that without a Flask app?

I mean, you could likely use "Some books I like" to keep track of anything you like, although since I've embedded things like Title, Author and the word "Book" all over the place, it might be confusing for other stuff. Whatever, I don't care. Do what you want.

If you're still here, you're clearly satisfied with the "why" and are now likely wondering how you can use "Some books i like."

First things first, make sure you have VirtualBox and Vagrant installed:

• Install VirtualBox
• Install Vagrant

All good? Ok, now download the repo and start up the virtual machine:

$ git clone https://github.com/kevindoole/flask-some-books-i-like
$ cd flask-some-books-i-like
$ vagrant up

The vagrant up command boots up the VM and create a database that will store your books. It also seeds a bit of data so I can share some books that I like. I did not bother to include images for all of these books, but you're more than welcome to rummage around the internet and fill them in. (But that would be weird if you did that.) I did include a single image for example purposes, but didn't bother loading all images into this repo.

For the next few steps, you'll need to ssh into the VM:

$ vagrant ssh
### <bunch of output> ###
vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-32:~$ # this is your command prompt inside the VM

If you don't care to see my book list, you're more than welcome to clean out the database so you can start fresh. (You can reload all my books at anytime by running python /vagrant/catalog/seed.py)

vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-32:~$ cd /vagrant/catalog/
vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-32:~$ python
> from cat_app import db
> db.drop_all()
> db.create_all()
> exit()

Ok, all set to load the app now. Start the web server:

python /vagrant/catalog/run_server.py

And now visit http://localhost:8000.

It's pretty easy:

vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-32:~$ python /vagrant/catalog/testCatalog.py

• view a list of all the books
• view lists of categories of books
• view individual books
• log in with Google+ (Oath2)
• log out
• edit books and their images
• create books with images
• delete books
• look at a json representation of all the books
• look at an Atom representation of all the books
• don't even bother trying to CSRF into this app; it's airtight 👊

😁 Enjoy! 😁