From c07d9188e931fe6d8c780312b6066ad567c7bd15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam <bargallosam@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 21:57:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add initial Flask application and update README with setup
 instructions

---
 README.md        |  3 +++
 app.py           | 10 ++++++++++
 requirements.txt |  1 +
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 app.py
 create mode 100644 requirements.txt

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f7eaaa..83282d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # website-backend
 
+Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install the necessary dependencies.
+
+Run python app.py to start the backend server for the website.
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diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..314a6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from flask import Flask
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route("/")
+def hello_world():
+    return "<p>Hello, World!</p>"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run(debug=True)
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f50983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+flask~=3.1.2
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