README.md

Pix.ly: Image Rendering and Editing App

Pixly is an image rendering and editing app built in Flask using Pillow for image manipulation and integrated with DigitalOcean Spaces (formerly AWS S3) to host and serve images via the cloud.

View a deployed version here.

Setup

Create/activate a virtual environment and install dependencies:

~ python3 -m venv venv
~ source venv/bin/activate
~ pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up a local Postgres database via psql:

~ createdb pixly

This application requires the following environment variables to upload images to the cloud:

DATABASE_URL=[your_db_uri]
DO_ACCESS_KEY_ID=[do_spaces_access_key]
DO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=[do_spaces_secret_access_key]
BUCKET=[do_bucket_name]