🚀 Backend Setup

Just follow the steps below to set up the development enviroment for the backend.

1. Clone this repository by running the following command inside your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/MLH-Fellowship/Shortify.git

2. Install all packages and dependencies:

   2.1 Create a virtual environment called env. NOTE: if you don't already have virtualenv installed, then you'll need to install it (see below)

       pip install virtaulenv
       virtualenv env
   

   2.2 Activate the virtual environment:

   Windows:

   source env/Scripts/activate
   

   macOS and Linux:

   source env/bin/activate
   

   Once successfully activated, (env) should be displayed in your terminal above your current line.

   2.3 Install necessary libraries

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

Note: The model will be automatically loaded at the first launch of the application.