This application enables a user to check and book available flights.

• A user can login and register.
• A user can view all available flights.
• A user can book a flight.
• A user gets notified after booking a flight.
• A user gets a reminder before the flight.
• An admin can add flights.
• An admin can view how many people have made reservations for a particular flight in a day.

• Clone this repo and navigate into the project's directory

  • $ git clone https://github.com/arthuroe/flight_booking_api && cd flight_booking_api

• Create a python3 virtual environment for the project and activate it.

  • To install the virtual environment wrapper mkvirtualenv you can follow this.
  • $ mkvirtualenv --py=python3 flight_booking_api

• Setup postgresql database

  • $ create a database
  • $ create user

• Run Migrations for the database

  • $ python manage.py db init
  • $ python manage.py db migrate
  • $ python manage.py db upgrade

• Install the project's requirements

  • $ pip install requiremenst.txt

• Copy .env.sample into .env in the flight_booking_api which is the base folder of the project. You should adjust it according to your own local settings.

• Setup Redis

  • $ brew install redis
  • $ run redis-server

• Install Celery. For more information on installing Celery for Flask Applications this.

  • $ pip install celery

• To start Celery worker and beat

  • $ celery worker -A app.celery --loglevel=INFO
  • $ celery beat -A app.celery --schedule=/tmp/celerybeat-schedule --loglevel=INFO --pidfile=/tmp/celerybeat.pid

• Export the environment variables in the .env

  • $ export $(cat .env)

• Run tests on the code in the project folder with

  • $ pytest

• Run the application

  • $ python run.py