authentication-flask-demo

Web application to practice/demonstrate Authentication and Authorization using Flask.

Major Takeaways:

1. Implemented user authentication, by creating a user model and storing the user information in a database.
2. Ensured user credentialing was correct by hashing (SHA-256) the user's password from the login form and copmparing it to the hashed password stored within the database.
3. Added authorization to the application by using the @login_required decorator on the profile page, so that only logged-in users could see the profile page.

Language(s):

• Python
• HTML
• CSS

Framework(s):

• Flask

Modules

• Flask
• SQLAlchemy
• Various built-in Python Modules

Installation/Setup

Run the below commands in your terminal / command line:

cd ...
git clone https://github.com/malcolmrichardson/authentication-flask-demo.git
cd authentication-flask-demo

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

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

export FLASK_APP=project
export FLASK_DEBUG=1

flask run

Application runs on http://127.0.0.1:5000 by default. Enjoy and thank you!

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