finance

A CS50 project - Flask application that simulates stock trading with real stock data

Setting up a development environment

1. Clone the repository

git clone git@github.com:tomwhross/finance.git
cd finance/

2. Optionally setup a virtual environment

python -m venv .
source bin/activate

3. Install the requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set the Flask app environment variable

export FLASK_APP=application.py

5. Set the IEXCloud API key (Register for a free plan here)

export API_KEY=<iexcloud_api_key>

6. Start the development server

flask run