alphayama/bitcoin-exchange-portal

Project for CS 6360 Database Design Course

bitcoin-app

Bitcoin Application for CS 6360

Contributors

• Vashisht Gupta - vxg210001
• Caleb Jiang - cgj180000
• Ansun Sujoe - axs180210
• Annika Hendrickson - alh190000
• Ashish Pratap - axp200189

Dependencies

• Docker: https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/
• Node.js (Optional - Docker Local setup): https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Backend

A Flask app is used to connect to MySQL Details here: https://www.section.io/engineering-education/flask-database-integration-with-sqlalchemy/

Docker Compose Run - Steps

1. A Docker installation is required.
2. Create an empty folder in the application root directory called "mysql_data". This will be the volume for the database.
3. Go to the application root directory and run the command "docker compose up".
4. The frontend will be accessible via "localhost:3000", and the backend will be running on localhost:5000.

Docker Local - Steps

1. Change directory to "frontend" and run "npm install".
2. Create an empty folder in the application root directory called "mysql_data". This will be the volume for the database.
3. Go to the application root directory and run the command "docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yaml" up.
4. The frontend will be accessible via "localhost:3000", and the backend will be running on localhost:5000.

Docker Compose Teardown

To stop the Docker containers, run the command "docker compose down".