Phonemate is a project that recommends phones to users based on the options they select. It consists of a Python Flask API for the backend, a React frontend, and uses MySQL as the database. The backend is deployed on Amazon EC2 with a load balancer, while the frontend is deployed on AWS Amplify. The project is open source and released under the MIT License

Frontend: React, scss

Backend: Flask, SQLAlchemy

Database: MySql, RDS

Server: AWS EC2, AWS Amplify, AWS LoadBalancer

• Recommends phones based on user-selected options.
• Provides a user-friendly interface for easy interaction.
• Backend API built with Python Flask for efficient data processing.
• Frontend developed using React for a responsive and dynamic user experience.
• Utilizes MySQL database for storing phone data and user preferences.
• Scalable deployment on Amazon EC2 with load balancing for high availability.
• Easy deployment of frontend on AWS Amplify for seamless integration.
• Data scraped from gadgets360.com to populate the phone database

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

SECRET_KEY

FLASK_APP

SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/leroydsilva/PhoneMate.git

Go to the project directory

  cd PhoneMate

Create a virtual environment for the project:

  python3 -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment:

On macOS and Linux:

  source venv/bin/activate 

On Windows:

venv\Scripts\activate

Install the project dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up the frontend submodule:

git submodule init
git submodule update
cd frontend

Install the required dependencies:

npm start

Start the development server:

Start the backend server:

python run.py

Start the frontend development server:

npm start

Access the Phonemate application at https://localhost:3000 in your browser.

MIT

• gadgets360

If you have any feedback, please reach out to me at [email protected]

👤 Leroy Dsilva

• Github: @leroydsilva
• LinkedIn: @https://www.linkedin.com/in/leroydsilva/