Cleanup and added readme

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Manually added
+migrations
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]

README.md

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-# ProjectIOT
+
+# Installation Guide
+
+## Setting Up Your Virtual Environment
+
+### 1. Create a Virtual Environment
+To begin, create a virtual environment using the following command IN A NEW TERMINAL:
+```bash
+python -m venv .venv
+```
+
+### 2. Activate the Virtual Environment
+For Windows, activate the virtual environment with IN A NEW TERMINAL:
+```bash
+.\.venv\Scripts\activate.bat
+```
+
+### 3. Install Required Packages
+Once the environment is activated, install the necessary packages by running:
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+### 4. Update outdated Packaged
+To avoid errors the ultralytics packages needs to be manually updated:
+```bash
+pip install -U ultralytics
+---
+
+## Setting Up the Database
+
+### 1. Initialize the Database
+To initialize the database, run the following command:
+```bash
+flask --app app.py db init
+```
+
+### 2. Migrate the Database
+Migrate the database schema to the latest version with:
+```bash
+flask --app app.py db migrate
+```
+
+### 3. Upgrade the Database
+Apply the migration to update the database with:
+```bash
+flask --app app.py db upgrade
+```
+
+---
+
+## Seeding the Database
+To populate the database with a few sample users and services, run:
+```bash
+python seed.py
+```
+
+---
+
+## Starting the Application
+To start the application, run:
+```bash
+python app.py
+```
+
+---
+
+# Development Commands
+
+### Updating `requirements.txt`
+To update the `requirements.txt` with the currently installed packages, use the following command:
+```bash
+pip freeze > requirements.txt
+```
+
+---

app.py

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-from ultralytics.nn.tasks import DetectionModel  # type: ignore
-import torch
 from application import app
 from application.api.views import api_blueprint
 
-
-torch.serialization.add_safe_globals(  # type: ignore
-    {"DetectionModel": DetectionModel}  # type: ignore
-)
-
 app.register_blueprint(api_blueprint)
 
 

requirements.txt

@@ -5,18 +5,17 @@ certifi==2025.1.31
 charset-normalizer==3.4.1
 click==8.1.8
 colorama==0.4.6
-contourpy==1.3.1
+contourpy==1.3.2
 cv2filters==0.2.6
 cycler==0.12.1
 defusedxml==0.7.1
 filelock==3.18.0
 Flask==3.1.0
-Flask-Login==0.6.3
 Flask-Migrate==4.1.0
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
 fonttools==4.57.0
 fsspec==2025.3.2
-greenlet==3.1.1
+greenlet==3.2.1
 h5py==3.13.0
 huggingface-hub==0.30.2
 idna==3.10
@@ -32,9 +31,9 @@ mpmath==1.3.0
 networkx==3.4.2
 numpy==1.26.4
 opencv-python==4.11.0.86
-packaging==24.2
+packaging==25.0
 pandas==2.2.3
-pillow==11.1.0
+pillow==11.2.1
 psutil==7.0.0
 py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
 pyclipper==1.3.0.post6
@@ -49,18 +48,19 @@ RapidFuzz==3.13.0
 requests==2.32.3
 scipy==1.15.2
 seaborn==0.13.2
-setuptools==78.1.0
+setuptools==79.0.1
 shapely==2.1.0
 six==1.17.0
+sql-migrate==0.1.0
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.40
-sympy==1.13.1
+sympy==1.13.3
-torch==2.6.0
+torch==2.7.0
-torchvision==0.21.0
+torchvision==0.22.0
 tqdm==4.67.1
 typing_extensions==4.13.2
 tzdata==2025.2
-ultralytics==8.3.106
+ultralytics==8.2.55
 ultralytics-thop==2.0.14
-urllib3==2.3.0
+urllib3==2.4.0
 Werkzeug==3.1.3
 win32_setctime==1.2.0

seed.py

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ from application import db, app
 from application.models import AllowedPlate
 
 with app.app_context():
+    AllowedPlate.query.delete()
     db.session.add(AllowedPlate("MUN389"))
     db.session.commit()