🌐 Final Cloud App with Database

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🚀 Overview

This repository contains a cloud-based web application demonstrating full-stack development using Python, Flask, and IBM Cloudant. The app enables users to interact with a web UI, perform CRUD operations, and store/retrieve data from a managed NoSQL database service in the cloud.

For reference, the ER diagram design is the following

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📂 Repository Structure

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├── static/                # CSS, images, and static web assets
├── templates/             # Flask HTML templates (Jinja2)
├── app.py                 # Main Flask app
├── requirements.txt       # Python dependencies
├── README.md              # Project documentation
└── .gitignore

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Backend: Python, Flask
• Frontend: Jinja2 templates, HTML/CSS
• Database: IBM Cloudant (NoSQL)
• Deployment: IBM Cloud, local

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✅ Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• IBM Cloud account (for Cloudant setup)
• Cloudant service credentials (API key, URL, etc.)

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⚙️ Setup & Run (Local)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/vitor-a-avancini/final-cloud-app-with-database.git
   cd final-cloud-app-with-database

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure Cloudant credentials:

   • Set environment variables (CLOUDANT_URL, CLOUDANT_USERNAME, CLOUDANT_APIKEY) or edit directly in app.py if testing locally.

4. Run the Flask app:

   python app.py

5. Open your browser:

   • Go to http://127.0.0.1:5000

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🖥️ Features

• User-friendly web interface
• Add, view, update, and delete records (CRUD)
• Persistent storage with IBM Cloudant
• Simple, clean layout with Bootstrap CSS (via CDN)

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to fork this repository or submit pull requests.

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📚 References & Further Reading

• IBM Cloudant Documentation
• Flask Documentation

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A clean, cloud-ready template for Flask apps with IBM Cloudant.