easy start with shell script

README.md

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 * Make sure that python and virual environment is installed.
 
-* Create a new virtual environment
-
-```python
-# one time
-virtualenv -p $(which python3) pyenv
-
-# everytime you want to run the server
-source pyenv/bin/activate
-```
-
-* Now install the requirements
-
-```
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-```
-
-* If you are installing playwright for the first time, it will ask you to run this command for one time only.
-
-```
-playwright install
-```
-
-* Now run the server
+* To start the server run the following command
 
 ```
-python server.py
+chmod +x run.sh && ./run.sh
 ```
 
 * The server runs at port `5001`. If you want to change, you can change it in server.py

run.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# exit on error
+set -e
+
+# create a virtual envoirment if it doesn't exist
+if [ ! -d pyenv ]; then
+    echo "Creating virtual environment"
+    virtualenv -p $(which python3) pyenv
+fi
+
+echo "Activating virtual environment"
+source pyenv/bin/activate
+
+echo "Installing requirements"
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+echo "Installing playwright chromium driver"
+playwright install
+
+echo "Starting server"
+python server.py