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Paranormal Files, a Medium clone, is a platform where users can find paranormal reports and where users can share their experiences by writing on any paranormal topic.

Paranormal Files is built on a React frontend and a Flask backend with a PostgreSQL database. This application utilizes Amazon S3 to allow for image upload.

• Post, update, and delete sightings.

• Users should include Tags to help other members find their sighting.

• Sighting Page:

• Users are able to post, update, or delete their own comments.

• Users can like or dislike a sighting and track sightings they may want revisit by bookmarking.

• Search all sightings.

• Mobile view:

Upcoming featues:

• Follows and feed

1. Clone this repository (only this branch)

  git clone https://github.com/verduscos/medium-clone

2. Install dependencies

      pipenv install --dev -r dev-requirements.txt && pipenv install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a .env file based on the example with proper settings for your development environment

   FLASK_APP=app
   FLASK_ENV=development
   SECRET_KEY=<<YOUR-SECRET_KEY>>
   DATABASE_URL=postgresql://medium_app:password@localhost/medium_db

4. Setup your PostgreSQL user, password and database and make sure it matches your .env file

5. Access your pipenv shell, migrate your database, seed your database, and run your flask app with the following commands:

pipenv shell

flask db upgrade

flask seed all

flask run

6. To run the React App, cd into the react-app directory, install react-app, and then start React:

   cd react-app

  npm install

  npm start