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

Clone the repository

Create a virtual environment:

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

Install dependencies:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Set up environment variables in .env:

SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
MONGODB_URL=your_mongodb_atlas_url
DB_NAME=forum_db

Run the application:
```
uvicorn app.main:app --reload
```

Deployment to Heroku

Create a Heroku account and install the Heroku CLI
Login to Heroku:
```
heroku login
```
Create a new Heroku app:
```
heroku create your-app-name
```

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

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

Fork the repository
Create a new branch
Make your changes
Submit a pull request