switched to fastapi for backend simplified requirements

run.py

@@ -1,34 +1,20 @@
 import time
-from flask import Flask
-
-app = Flask(__name__)
-
-@app.route('/time')
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+
+app = FastAPI()
+# Add CORS middleware
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=["http://localhost:3000"],
+    allow_credentials=True,
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+@app.get("/time")
 def get_current_time():
     return {'time': time.time()}
 
 ### note ###
-# we will create all routes here until further notice
-
-
-# ## If things are going to be like this I might shift the stack to FastAPI newer -- it's a Flask killer
-# Fast example of the above route using Fast
-
-# from fastapi import FastAPI
-# app = FastAPI()
-# @app.get("/")
-# def get_current_time():
-#     return {'time': time.time()}
-
-
-# ---
-## A draw back of flask is that it requires these sneaky circular-prone imports -- in my experience 90% of the time this is what's causing the error, including the one today -- I think I recall a method for addressing that 
-# from app import app
-# from config import Config
-
-# app.secret_key = Config.SECRET_KEY  # Set a secret key for flash messages
-
-# # if __name__ == '__main__':
-# #     app.run(debug=True)
-# if __name__ == '__main__':
-#     app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000, debug=True)
+# we will create all routes here until further notice

ufarms-react-client/package.json

@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
       "last 1 safari version"
     ]
   },
-  "proxy": "http://localhost:5000/"
+  "proxy": "http://localhost:8000/"
 }