ehxan139 / meme-generator

Project: Motivational Meme Generator

Introduction

The goal of this project is to build a "meme generator" – a multimedia application to dynamically generate memes, including an image with an overlaid quote. The application can generate a random quote and image from a list of quotes and images. It can also take a user supplied quote and image and generate a meme. It can be used through a CLI or as a web application.

The main modules of the project are:

Quote Engine

The Quote Engine module is responsible for ingesting many types of files that contain quotes.

Meme Engine Module

The Meme Engine Module is responsible for manipulating and drawing text onto images and saving them to a directory or displaying them in a browser.

CLI Usage

To run the application, install the dependencies from requirements.txt file. Then application can be run from the src directory from command line.

• To generate a random meme, run the following command:

  python meme.py
  

• To generate a meme with a user supplied quote and image, run the following command:

  python meme.py  --path "image.jpg" --body "I am the quote" --Author "I said it"
  

Web Usage

To the run the application as a web application, run the following command: python app.py This will start a web server on port 5000 and host the application in the src directory.