Switched to isodate vs epoch for all timestamps. Utilzing Python's uuid for random IDs now. Improved setup script to install Pipenv if it isn't already installed.

setup

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+WHITE='\033[1;37m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+BROWN='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[1;34m'
+PURPLE='\033[1;35m'
+CYAN='\033[0;36m'
+GREY='\033[1;30m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+echo "${GREY}"
+
+cat << "EOF"
+#######   _____      __            
+######   / ___/___  / /___  ______ 
+#####    \__ \/ _ \/ __/ / / / __ \
+####    ___/ /  __/ /_/ /_/ / /_/ /
+###    /____/\___/\__/\__,_/ .___/ 
+##                        /_/      
+#
+
+EOF
+
+# PIPENV SETUP
+
+echo "${BLUE}VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT SETUP${NC}"
+echo
+pip install pipenv
+pipenv install
+echo
+
+# FLASK SETUP
+
+echo "${BLUE}FLASK CONFIGURATION${NC}"
+echo
+
+# Defaults
+SECRET_KEY=`cat /dev/urandom | head -c 24 | base64`
+FLASK_DOMAIN="localhost"
+FLASK_PORT_DEFAULT=5000
+FLASK_DIRECTORY="$(pwd)/api/"
+MONGO_HOSTNAME_DEFAULT="localhost"
+
+# Domain the Flask app will be running on
+read -p "Flask App Domain [$FLASK_DOMAIN]: " FLASK_DOMAIN
+FLASK_DOMAIN=${FLASK_DOMAIN:-$FLASK_DOMAIN}
+echo
+
+# Port the Flask app will be running on
+read -p "Flask App Port [$FLASK_PORT_DEFAULT]: " FLASK_PORT
+FLASK_PORT=${FLASK_PORT:-$FLASK_PORT_DEFAULT}
+echo
+
+# URL of the front-end JavaScript application
+read -p "Front-End Base URL, port included (e.g. http://localhost, http://localhost:3000): " FRONTEND_DOMAIN
+echo
+
+# MongoDB hostname
+read -p "Mongo Hostname [$MONGO_HOSTNAME_DEFAULT]: " MONGO_HOSTNAME
+MONGO_HOSTNAME=${MONGO_HOSTNAME:-$MONGO_HOSTNAME_DEFAULT}
+echo
+
+# MongoDB database name for the app
+while [[ $MONGO_APP_DATABASE == '' ]]
+do
+  read -p "Mongo App Database Name: " MONGO_APP_DATABASE
+
+  if [[ $MONGO_APP_DATABASE == '' ]]
+  then
+    echo "${RED}Required${NC}"
+  fi
+
+  echo
+done
+
+# Rename config.cfg.sample to config.cfg
+CONFIG_EXAMPLE_FILE=./api/main/config/config.cfg.sample
+CONFIG_FILE=./api/main/config/config.cfg
+mv $CONFIG_EXAMPLE_FILE $CONFIG_FILE
+
+# Save configuration values to config.cfg
+sed -i '' -e "s~##SECRET_KEY##~$SECRET_KEY~g" $CONFIG_FILE
+sed -i '' -e "s~##FLASK_DOMAIN##~$FLASK_DOMAIN~g" $CONFIG_FILE
+sed -i '' -e "s~##FLASK_PORT##~$FLASK_PORT~g" $CONFIG_FILE
+sed -i '' -e "s~##FRONTEND_DOMAIN##~$FRONTEND_DOMAIN~g" $CONFIG_FILE
+sed -i '' -e "s~##FLASK_DIRECTORY##~$FLASK_DIRECTORY~g" $CONFIG_FILE
+sed -i '' -e "s~##MONGO_HOSTNAME##~$MONGO_HOSTNAME~g" $CONFIG_FILE
+sed -i '' -e "s~##MONGO_APP_DATABASE##~$MONGO_APP_DATABASE~g" $CONFIG_FILE
+
+echo "${GREEN}Flask configuration saved!${NC}"
+echo
+
+# INSTRUCTIONS TO START THE APP
+
+echo "${BLUE}FIRE IT UP!${NC}"
+echo
+
+echo "To start the Flask app run these two commands:"
+echo
+echo "${GREY}> ${NC}pipenv shell"
+echo "${GREY}> ${NC}./run"
+echo