Knot Data Demo

Setup Instructions

Backend Setup

1. Create and activate a Python virtual environment:

# Create virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv

# Activate virtual environment
# On macOS/Linux:
source venv/bin/activate
# On Windows:
# .\venv\Scripts\activate

2. Install Python dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the Flask backend server:

python3 api.py

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the client directory:

cd client

2. Install Node dependencies:

npm install

3. Start the React frontend:

npm run start

Modal Server Setup

1. Install Modal (if not already installed):

pip install modal

2. Run the Modal server:

modal serve text_to_image.py

Running the Project

Make sure all three components are running:

1. Flask Backend (port 5001)
2. React Frontend (port 3000)
3. Modal Server

The application will be available at http://localhost:3000

Troubleshooting

• If you see connection errors, ensure all three servers are running
• Check that ports 3000 and 5001 are available
• Make sure you're using the virtual environment when running Python commands

Additional Comments

There are some unneccesary files in the repository, such as the mock.py file, which is a mock transaction generator. Please ignore, we had lots of iterations!