Installation and setup

Steps for setting up the repository and running the web app

Step 1: Git Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/adipai/PopcornPicks.git

(OR) Download the .zip file on your local machine from the following link

https://github.com/adipai/PopcornPicks

Step 2: Install the required packages by running the following command in the terminal

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Run the following command in the terminal

cd src/recommenderapp
python app.py

Step 4: Open the URL in your browser:

  http://127.0.0.1:5000/

You can also leave Steps 2-4 and directly run the setup.py file for setting up all dependencies and running the web app!

python setup.py

NOTE: For the email notifier feature - create a new gmail account, replace the sender_email variable with the new email and sender_password variable with its password (2 factor authentication) in the utils.py file (function: send_email_to_user(recipient_email, categorized_data)).