Ignite Global Gifted Child Art Show

a cool website for the ignite global gifted child art show - an online art competition for young gifted artists.

check it out at https://ignite-global.org; maybe even submit some artwork?

made with flask, mongodb, typesense, and bootstrap 5

Running locally

This project requires you to have:

• a MongoDB instance running locally. You can install MongoDB here.
• a Typesense instance running locally. You can install Typesense here.
• an AWS S3 bucket for storing images. You can create an AWS account here.
• Python 3.12 or higher (untested but may work with lower versions)

To run the project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository
2. Install the required Python packages by running pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Set the following environment variables:
   • AWS_BUCKET_NAME: the name of the AWS S3 bucket
   • AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: the AWS access key ID
   • AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: the AWS secret access key
   • ADMIN_USERNAME: the username for the admin account
   • DB_URI: the URI for the MongoDB instance
   • SECRET_KEY: a secret key for the Flask app
   • TYPESENSE_API_KEY: the API key for the Typesense instance
4. Change the S3 bucket policy to allow public access to objects
5. Change all instances of ignite-global.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com to use the correct S3 bucket URL
   • templates/gallery.html lines 24 & 43
   • ignite.py lines 289 & 346
6. Run the Flask app by running flask run --cert=adhoc
7. Visit https://localhost:5000 in your browser
8. Voila!