Systers-Mentorship-Backend-Setup-Windows.md

Python Version

3.8

Date of Setup

13 Dec, 2019

PIP version

19.2.3

Install Virtualenv

pip install virtualenv

Create env

virtualenv venv

Activate env

venv\Scripts\activate

Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Found error 1

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pypiwin32==220; sys_platform == "win32" and python_version >= "3.6" (from docker==3.4.0->-r requirements.txt (line 14)) (from versions: 219, 223)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for pypiwin32==220; sys_platform == "win32" and python_version >= "3.6" (from docker==3.4.0->-r requirements.txt (line 14))

Solution

Remove Line 14 to 17 from requirements.txt

docker==3.4.0
docker-compose==1.21.2
docker-pycreds==0.3.0
dockerpty==0.4.1

Set Environment variables

Created .env file. Added the content below -

set "FLASK_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG=dev"
set "SECRET_KEY=nice_secret"
set "SECURITY_PASSWORD_SALT=something_salty"
set "MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER=username"
set "MAIL_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com"
set "[email protected]"
set "APP_MAIL_PASSWORD=pass"

Run app

python run.py

Found Error 2

AttributeError: module 'time' has no attribute 'clock'

Solution

Mentioned here in the Python Docs

The function time.clock() has been removed, after having been deprecated since Python 3.3: use time.perf_counter() or time.process_time() instead, depending on your requirements, to have well-defined behavior. (Contributed by Matthias Bussonnier in bpo-36895.)

1. Changed mentorship-backend\venv\lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\util\compat.py", line 172:

• time_func = time.clock
  

• time_func = time.perf_counter
  

2. Changed mentorship-backend\venv\lib\site-packages\flask_sqlalchemy_init_.py", line 39:

• _timer = time.clock
  

• _timer = time.perf_counter
  

It runs! 🎉

Try User Registration

Found Error 3

500 Internal server error with User created successfully. Suspect .env file not getting read.

Solution:

Try No. 1 - Change .env file

Changed .env file to -

FLASK_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG=dev
SECRET_KEY=nice_secret
SECURITY_PASSWORD_SALT=something_salty
MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER=username
MAIL_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com
[email protected]
APP_MAIL_PASSWORD=password

Didn't Work!

Try No. 2 - Set variables in the cmd

Copied the entire previous .env file into terminal, this works. Should add the following lines for making this permanent -

In File: mentorship-backend/venv/Scripts/activate Content:

set "FLASK_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG=dev"
set "SECRET_KEY=nice_secret"
set "SECURITY_PASSWORD_SALT=something_salty"
set "MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER=username"
set "MAIL_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com"
set "[email protected]"
set "APP_MAIL_PASSWORD=password"

This works. Life is good!

Run tests

187 tests passed.

Goodnight!

(Guess who discovered he put his password in the details above. Sigh. Ctrl+C to Ctrl+V)