The Influencer Engagement and Sponsorship Coordination Platform (IESCP) is a full-stack web application designed to streamline collaborations between sponsors and influencers. This platform provides a user-friendly interface and robust backend functionalities for creating and managing sponsorships, tasks, and user roles. It ensures smooth communication and real-time updates to enhance user experience.
Key features include:
- Role-based access for Admins, Sponsors, and Influencers.
- Real-time updates for dashboards using Vue.js.
- JWT-based authentication and authorization.
- Email notifications for critical updates using Mailhog.
- Background task processing with Celery and Redis.
- Frontend: Vue.js (via CDN), Bootstrap for responsive UI.
- Backend: Flask with Flask-JWT-Extended for authentication.
- Database: SQLite3 (configure as needed).
- Task Queue: Celery with Redis for background task handling.
- Email: Mailhog for testing email functionalities.
- Other Tools: Chart.js for visualizations.
Follow the steps below to set up and run the application locally.
- Python 3.8+ installed
- Redis server installed and running
- Mailhog installed for testing email functionalities
- Clone the Repository
git clone <repository-url> cd <repository-folder> - Create a Virtual Environment
python -m venv virtual_environment_name
- Activate the Virtual Environment
On Windows:
virtual_environment_name\Scripts\activate
On macOS/Linux:
source virtual_environment_name/bin/activate
- Install Dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Run the Application Start the Flask app using:
python main.py
- Start Redis Server:
sudo service redis-server start
redis-server
- Start Celery Worker
celery -A main.celery worker -l info
- Start Celery Beat Scheduler
celery -A main.celery beat --max-interval 1 -l info
- Start Mailhog for Email Testing
mailhog
Access the Mailhog UI at: http://127.0.0.1:8025