README.md

Order-Delivery-System

Order Delivery System (ODS) for delivering products. This project is a simple demonstration of mega e-commerce websites like Flipkart.

Technologies

• Flask : A micro-web framework for Python
• MySQL : Database at the backend
• HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Jinja : For user interface

Installation

1. Create virtual environment :

   python3 -m venv ods_env

2. Activate the virtual environment :

   source ods_env/bin/activate

3. Chnage working directory to ODS and install the required libraries :

   python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Update the credentials in py_src/db.yaml file to connect to the mysql database. You will need to create a mysql user for this.

2. Change working directory to sql_src.

3. Open mysql prompt using following command and enter password for the created user.

   mysql -u "username" -p

4. Enter following commands on mysql prompt :

   source ods_ddl.sql

   This will create the required database ODS on the local system.

   source ods_dml.sql

   This command is optional. It adds some dummy data in the tables.

5. Exit the mysql prompt and change working directory to py_src.

6. Enter the command to run Flask :

   python3 app.py