From 6d4bf67d5a893d85f0e4c63545a97493149fa105 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20J=C3=B6nsson?= <andreas@leoan.se>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:47:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixed missing db and updated instructions in README

---
 README.md | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 app.py    | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd4f3d6..5dacf16 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,40 @@
-# flask-base
+# Flask Base Application
 
-Simple flask website with login
+A simple Flask web application with user authentication features.
 
+## Installation
 
-To run:
-pkill -f "flask run" && flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=5001
\ No newline at end of file
+```bash
+# Clone the repository
+git clone https://git.leoan.se/andreas/flask-base.git
+cd flask-base
+
+# Create and activate virtual environment (recommended)
+python -m venv venv
+source venv/bin/activate  # On Linux/MacOS
+# venv\Scripts\activate  # On Windows
+
+# Install dependencies
+pip install flask flask-sqlalchemy flask-login werkzeug
+
+# Initialize database
+flask init-db
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+# Start development server
+flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=5001
+
+# Optional: Kill any existing flask server first
+pkill -f "flask run" && flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=5001
+```
+
+The application will be available at `http://localhost:5001`
+
+## Features
+- User registration with password confirmation
+- Secure password hashing
+- Login/logout functionality
+- SQLite database
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 23e0f1d..08c5cd9 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -2,13 +2,24 @@ from flask import Flask, render_template, redirect, url_for, request
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_login import LoginManager, UserMixin, login_user, login_required, logout_user
 from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash, check_password_hash
+import os
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'your-secret-key-here'
-app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///instance/users.db'
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'instance/users.db')
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
 
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+
+# Initialize database CLI command
+@app.cli.command("init-db")
+def init_db():
+    import os
+    db_path = app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'].replace('sqlite:///', '')
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(db_path), exist_ok=True, mode=0o755)
+    with app.app_context():
+        db.create_all()
+    print(f"Database created at {db_path}")
 login_manager = LoginManager(app)
 login_manager.login_view = 'login'