Cat Guru

This is a simple Flask web application that provides cat wisdom and allows users to change the avatar and background color. Based on Cat Facts API: https://catfact.ninja/fact.

Features

• Displays a random cat avatar.
• Provides a random cat fact as "wisdom" fetched from an external API.
• Allows users to change the cat avatar.
• Allows users to change the background color.
• Logs application events and errors.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6 or later
• Flask
• Requests

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository_url>
   cd <repository_directory>

2. Create a virtual environment (recommended):

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Linux/macOS
   venv\Scripts\activate  # On Windows

3. Install the required packages:

   pip install Flask requests

Configuration

The application's configuration is stored in the config.py file.

• AVATARS: A list of file paths to the cat avatar images.
• BACKGROUND_COLORS: A list of background color hex codes.
• MAX_WISDOM_LINE_LENGTH: The maximum length of a line in the wisdom text.
• LOG_FILE: The path to the log file.

You can modify these values to customize the application.

Running the Application

To run the application, execute the following command:

python app.py