VotePower

Table of Contents

• About the Project
  • Built With
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Running Flask

About the Project

VotePower is an all in one voter information application that aims to eliminate the hassle in finding out where and when to vote for local/federal elections by providing users a seamless interface to plan accordingly.

Built With

• Bootstrap

• Flask

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Git clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/J-sonLi/Vote-Power.git

• Install the latest version of Python

• Get Google API Keys and enable the following APIs

  • Google Civic Information API
  • Maps JavaScript API
  • Geocoding API
  • Directions API
  • Places API

Installation

Install virtualenv

$ pip3 install virtualenv

Activate the Virtual Environment

For Linux/Mac:

$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate

For Windows:

$ virtualenv venv
$ venv\Scripts\activate

Install necessary packages:

$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Running Flask

For Linux/Mac:

$ export FLASK_APP=routes.py
$ flask run

For Windows:

$ set FLASK_APP=routes.py
$ flask run