AI Group Forum

A forum application for people in Mathworks to chat and share topics about AI.

Features

• User authentication (signup, login, logout)
• Create, read, update, and delete posts
• Comment on posts
• Markdown support for post content
• Responsive design

Tech Stack

• FastAPI (Python web framework)
• MongoDB (Database)
• Bootstrap 5 (Frontend)
• Jinja2 (Template engine)

Local Development

1. Clone the repository
2. Create a virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up environment variables in .env:

   SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
   MONGODB_URL=your_mongodb_atlas_url
   DB_NAME=forum_db
   

5. Run the application:

   uvicorn app.main:app --reload

Deployment to Heroku

1. Create a Heroku account and install the Heroku CLI
2. Login to Heroku:

   heroku login

3. Create a new Heroku app:

   heroku create your-app-name

4. Set up environment variables on Heroku:

   heroku config:set SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
   heroku config:set MONGODB_URL=your_mongodb_atlas_url
   heroku config:set DB_NAME=forum_db

5. Deploy to Heroku:

   git push heroku main

Environment Variables

• SECRET_KEY: Secret key for JWT token generation
• MONGODB_URL: MongoDB Atlas connection URL
• DB_NAME: MongoDB database name

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch
3. Make your changes
4. Submit a pull request