Website for managing personal (book) library

A python application using Flask framework for the web application, Flask-WTF for the Form classes, Flask_sqlalchemy for the database querying, & Bootstrap-Flask, a collection of Jinja macros for rendering Flask-related data and objects to Bootstrap markup HTML.

Features

• Manually add book, author and rating
• Search book via Google Books API and add it
• Update rating
• Delete book from database

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Dimi-G/Library_Webapp.git

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   pip python3 -m venv .venv
   .venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create the database:

   python3 bookdatabaser.py

5. Run the application:

   python3 main.py

   The application will be available at http://localhost:5000.

Project Structure

The project follows a standard Flask application structure:

• app.py: The main entry point for the application.
• instance/books.db: The book database.
• templates/: HTML templates for rendering pages.
• static/: Static files such as images, CSS and JavaScript.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any improvements or bug fixes, feel free to submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.